An overview of the hooking mortality of elasmobranchs caught in a swordfish pelagic longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean

Hooking (or “at-haulback”) fishing mortality was analysed in elasmobranchs captured by Portuguese longliners targeting swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean. Information was collected by on-board fishery observers who monitored 834 longline fishing sets between August 2008 and December 2011, and recorded...

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Main Author: Coelho, Rui (author)
Other Authors: Fernandez-Carvalho, Joana (author), Lino, Pedro (author), Santos, Miguel N. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Hooking mortality
Pelagic longline fisheries
Bycatch
Discards
Sharks
Rays
Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7060
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/7060

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7060

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