Assessment of Caspian Seal By-Catch in an Illegal Fishery Using an Interview-Based Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Dmitrieva, Lilia ^a   Kondakov, Andrey A ^b   Oleynikov, Eugeny ^b   Kydyrmanov, Aidyn ^c   Karamendin, Kobey ^c   Kasimbekov, Yesbol ^d   Baimukanov, Mirgaliy ^d   Wilson, Susan ^e   Goodman, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARID ZONES   (Russian Federation)

^c Research and Production Center for Microbiology and Virology   (Kazakhstan)

^d Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology   (Kazakhstan)

^e Tara Seal Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCASS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY; FISHING; HUMAN; ILLEGAL FISHERY; KAZAKHSTAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; PREDATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEAL; SEASHORE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STURGEON; TURKMENISTAN; ANIMAL; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PHOCIDAE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII; PHOCA CASPICA; PUSA CASPICA;

ANIMALS; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS;

EID: 84879497176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067074     Document Type: Article

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