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The origins of white-chinned petrels killed by long-line fisheries off South Africa and New Zealand

open access: yesPolar Research, 2016
The white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) is the seabird species most frequently killed by fisheries in the Southern Ocean and is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources as globally vulnerable ...
N.M.S. Mareile Techow   +3 more
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Results of testing three types of streamer lines for reduction of seabird bycatch in demersal longline fishery

open access: yesИзвестия ТИНРО, 2014
The streamer lines of 3 types are tested and compared: i) the model used in the USA Pacific waters; and ii-iii) two new models made of cheaper materials, more accessible in Russia.
Yury B. Artukhin   +2 more
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Performance in managing marine resources in the Bay of Bengal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The eight member countries were assessed as to their sustainable use of resources within their Exclusive Economic Zones(EEZs). Indicators included; investment in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), impact of trawling, mariculture sustainability, protection of
Kleisner, Kristin, Pauly, Daniel
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Estimating seabird bycatch by fisheries and its impact on seabird populations [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, 2008
P. G. Ryan, B. P. Watkins
openaire   +1 more source

Discards in fisheries - a summary of three decades of research at IMARES and LEI [PDF]

open access: yes
Discards and the possible ecological and economic effects of discarding are a hot topic in discussions about sustainable fisheries. The perception of the effects of discarding differs between parties and it is influenced by the ecosystem functioning and ...
Overzee, H.M.J., van   +3 more
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Conservation science in NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries: description and recent accomplishments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This report describes cases relating to the management of national marine sanctuaries in which certain scientific information was required so managers could make decisions that effectively protected trust resources.
Gittings, Stephen R.
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Sharks - The State of the Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The biological characteristics of sharks make them particularly vulnerable to overfishing. They grow slowly, become sexually mature relatively late and produce few offspring.
Alexia C. Morgan
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An Observed Entanglement of Lagenorhynchus obliquidens in the High Seas Driftnet Area in the North Pacific [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
In August, 1991, an entanglement event was observed in the High Seas Driftnet area in the North Pacific. This description of an entanglement of Lagenorhynchus obliquidens is the first such documented report of dolphins entangling while bowriding.
Hutchinson, C., Mizroch, S. A.
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Determinación de los factores que inciden en la captura incidental de aves marinas en la flota palangrera pelágica chilena Determination of factors affecting the bycatch of seabirds in Chilean pelagic longline fleet

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2012
Se analizó la relación entre la variabilidad de la tasa de captura incidental de aves marinas en la pesquería palangrera pelágica de pez espada (Xiphias gladius) y diversos factores temporales, ambientales, espaciales y pesqueros, entre 2007 y 2009.
Andrés González   +3 more
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