The effect of the lunar phase on the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of the Turkish swordfish longline fishery in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Background. The swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, is a pelagic and highly migratory species distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. Swordfish fishing has been carried out in the Mediterranean with longlines, gillnets, harpoons, and traps...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria |
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| Online Access: | https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26804/download/pdf/ |