Catchability of pelagic trawls for sampling deep-living nekton in the mid-North Atlantic

Catchability of Pelagic Trawls for Sampling Deep-living Nekton in the Mid North Atlantic

The Net Effect? A review of cetacean bycatch in pelagic trawls and other fisheries in the north-east Atlantic

The incidental capture, or bycatch, of non-target species such as mammals, birds, turtles, fish and other marine species in fisheries is recognised to be a major problem in many parts of the world. It has been estimated that 23% of the global fisheries catch is thrown back into the sea dead and wasted. Globally, the toll on all cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) is estimated to exceed 3...

An East-West Comparison of the Transition Zone Coastal Pelagic Nekton of the North Pacific Ocean

During the 1980s and 1990s, scientific research cruises were conducted in both the eastern and western boundary regions of the North Pacific Ocean. The main purpose of these cruises was to examine the abundance and distribution patterns of juvenile salmon in coastal waters. These studies created one of the most extensive databases ever collected on the species composition of coastal Transition ...

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

Expert elicitation of seasonal abundance of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis in the mid-Atlantic

North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis are among the most endangered of the large whales. Although protected since 1935, their abundance has remained low. Right whales occupy the Atlantic Ocean from southern Greenland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence south to Florida. The highly industrialized mid-Atlantic region is part of the right whales’ migratory corridor, and gaps in knowledge of the...