Is it good or bad to fish with FADs? What are the real impacts of the use of drifting FADs on pelagic marine ecosystems?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 391-415

  Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Holland, Kim N ^b   Restrepo, Victor ^c   Moreno, Gala ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c ISSF   (United States)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

By catch; Ecological trap; FAD; Purse seine; Tuna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHABILITY; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FISH AGGREGATING DEVICE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC FISHERY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84880586633     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2012.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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