Driftnet Fisheries and Their Impacts on Non-target Species

A World Wide Review

• Author(s): Simon P. Northridge,
• Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
• Pages: 115
• ISBN_10: 9251030987
  ISBN_13: 9789251030981
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Fisheries & Aquaculture ,

Description:... The tuna and billfish high seas driftnet fishery involves more than 500 vessels from Japan and Taiwan (Province of China), catching some tens of thousands of tonnes of albacore, skipjack and other tuna species.