Impact of incidental mortality on Antarctic marine vertebrates [Guest editorial]
Only a few years ago most interested people thought (and many said in print) that accidental killing of Antarctic animals as a consequence of commercial fishing operations was minimal to non-existent. We now know that species in three major groups (fish, seals, seabirds) are seriously threatened by...
| Published in: | Antarctic Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Cambridge University Press
1990
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520325/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102090000013 |
| Summary: | Only a few years ago most interested people thought (and many said in print) that accidental killing of Antarctic animals as a consequence of commercial fishing operations was minimal to non-existent. We now know that species in three major groups (fish, seals, seabirds) are seriously threatened by such incidental mortality. |
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