Seabird attendance and incidental mortality at shrimp fisheries in Golfo San Jorge, Argentina

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Gonzalez Zevallos, Diego Ricardo, Yorio, Pablo Martin, Svagelj, Walter Sergio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research
• Subjects: FISHING DISCARDS; PATAGONIA; SEABIRD BY-CATCH; SEABIRD-FISHERY INTERACTIONS; TRAWLERS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Argentine; Gonzalez; Ricardo; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/83392

Many seabirds are attracted to trawl vessels to make use of fishery waste, and often this attraction results in increased incidental mortality. We assessed seabird attendance and associated incidental mortality at the Argentine red shrimp Pleoticus muelleri trawl fishery in Golfo San Jorge, Argentin...