Evaluating sustainability of fisheries bycatch mortality for marine megafauna: A review of conservation reference points for data-limited populations

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-344

  Moore, J E ^a   Curtis, K A ^b   Lewison, R L ^c   Dillingham, P W ^d,e   Cope, J M ^f   Fordham, S V ^g   Heppell, S S ^h   Pardo, S A ⁱ   Simpfendorfer, C A ^j   Tuck, G N ^k   Zhou, S ^k  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^f NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g Shark Advocates International C/o the Ocean Foundation ^*  (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

bycatch; management strategy evaluation; marine megafauna; reference points; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MAMMALS; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISKS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BY-CATCH; MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EVALUATIONS; MEGAFAUNA; REFERENCE POINTS; UNCERTAINTY;

FISHERIES; RISKS;

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISHING MORTALITY; LIFE HISTORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PRIORITIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84896904048     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689291300012X     Document Type: Review

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