Typology of small-scale fishing gear impact on seabirds in the Senegalo-Mauritanian Upwelling [résumé]

• Main Authors: Thiour, D., Diop, M., Brehmer, Patrice, Diouf, M., Dossa, J.
• Other Authors: Brehmer, Patrice (ed.), Ba, B. (ed.), Kraus, G. (ed.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: SRFCCSRP 2017
• Subjects: The Landing; Pomarine Skua; Stercorarius pomarinus
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072114

Situated in West Africa, Senegal has 700 km of coastline characterized by a large Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystem providing significant biological productivity. Small-scale fishing plays an important role in the national economy of Senegal. The fishing gear used has a potentially direct or indi...