Sea turtle bycatch by the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery: A simulation modeling analysis of estimation methods

The U.S. pelagic longline fishery catches 98% of domestic swordfish landings but is also one of the three fisheries most affecting federally protected sea turtles (Crowder and Myers 2001, Witherington et al 2009). Bycatch by fisheries is considered the main anthropogenic threat to sea turtles (NRC...

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Main Author: Barlow, Paige Fithian
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34342
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08042009-120628/