Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 381-393

  Piovano, Susanna ^a   Gilman, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation evaluation; endangered species; fish; fishing; ocean; protected species

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCH STATISTICS; CITES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC FISH; PELAGIC FISHERY; RED LIST; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FIJI;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; PRIONACE GLAUCA; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84964792175     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2666     Document Type: Article

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