Small-scale fisheries bycatch jeopardizes endangered Pacific loggerhead turtles.
Although bycatch of industrial-scale fisheries can cause declines in migratory megafauna including seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles, the impacts of small-scale fisheries have been largely overlooked. Small-scale fisheries occur in coastal waters worldwide, employing over 99% of the world...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-10-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2002513?pdf=render |