Impact of Costa Rican longline fishery on its bycatch of sharks, stingrays, bony fish and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 228-239

  Dapp, Derek ^a   Arauz, Randall ^b   Spotila, James R ^a   O'Connor, Michael P ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asociación Programa Restauración de Tortuga Marinas PRETOMA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Geospatial analysis; Longline fishery; Marine conservation; Marine protected areas; Observer program; Populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LONGLINING; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONALITY; SHARK; TURTLE;

COSTA RICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84883044736     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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