Potential for bowhead whale entanglement in cod and crab pot gear in the Bering Sea

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-459

  Citta, John J ^a   Burns, John J ^a   Quakenbush, Lori T ^a   Vanek, Vicki ^a   George, John C ^b   Small, Robert J ^a   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^c   Brower, Harry ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Bering Sea; Bering sea aleutian island crab rationalization program; Bowhead whale; Commercial pot fisheries; Entanglement; Pacific cod; Pot gear

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRAB FISHERY; FISHING GEAR; GADOID FISHERY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WHALE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; CHACEON AFFINIS; CHIONOECETES; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; PARALITHODES; PARALITHODES PLATYPUS;

EID: 84897506858     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12047     Document Type: Article

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