Evaluation of New Zealand's high-seas bottom trawl closures using predictive habitat models and quantitative risk assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Penney, Andrew J ^a   Guinotte, John M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM TRAWL CLOSURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CORAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892754130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082273     Document Type: Article

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