Case Study: Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Pelagic Longline Fishery off the Southeastern United States, 1992-1997

Sharks of the Open Ocean: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 242-246

  Beerkircher, Lawrence R ^a   Cortés, Enric ^b   Shivji, Mahmood S ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fi sheries; Pelagic longlines; Shark bycatch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947724094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302516.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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