Seabird use of discards and incidental captures at the Argentine hake trawl fishery in the Golfo San Jorge, Argentina

• Main Authors: Gonzalez Zevallos, Diego Ricardo, Yorio, Pablo Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-research
• Subjects: SEABIRD-FISHERY INTERACTIONS; DISCARDS; INCIDENTAL MORTALITY; TRAWL FISHERIES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Argentine; Hake; Gonzalez; Pablo; Ricardo; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16764

We studied discard use and incidental mortality of seabirds attracted to high-sea trawl vessels operating in the Golfo San Jorge, Argentina, during the height of the fishing season in 2003 and 2004. Fourteen seabird species ate food made available by fishing operations. The most frequent and abundan...