Decreasing but still high: Bycatch of seabirds in gillnet fisheries along the German Baltic coast

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-221

  Bellebaum, Jochen ^a,d   Schirmeister, Bernd ^b   Sonntag, Nicole ^c   Garthe, Stefan ^c  

^a Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbH   (Germany)

^b Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Bycatch; Coastal fisheries; Gillnets; Long tailed duck; Waterbird mortality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BYCATCH; CARRION; COASTAL LAGOON; FISHING COMMUNITY; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; GILLNET; LONGLINING; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

BALTIC COAST [GERMANY]; GERMANY; POMERANIAN BAY;

ANAS; AVES; CLANGULA HYEMALIS;

EID: 84876414998     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2285     Document Type: Article

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