Vol. 17,No. 1, January 2018
Identification of by-catch species of tuna purse seiners in Iranian waters of Oman Sea
Description:1- Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technologies, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran 2- Environmental and Fisheries Department, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran 3- National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan Corresponding authorʼs Email: eza47@gmail.com
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One of the most visible direct impacts of fishing is the capture of non-target species, known collectively as by-catch. By-catch includes species that are unwanted and discarded (discards) and species that are retained and sold (byproduct) (Stobutzkiet al., 2003).
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