Incidental mortality of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by the gill-net fishery in the lower Bay of Fundy

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1294-1300

  Trippel, Edward A ^a   Wang, John Y ^b   Strong, Michael B ^a   Carter, Lesley S ^c   Conway, Jeremy D ^c  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

BY-CATCH; BYCATCH; GILLNET FISHERY; GILLNETTERS; HARBOUR PORPOISE; MORTALITY;

BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 85047676847     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-060     Document Type: Article

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