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Impact of incidental mortality on Antarctic marine vertebrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2004

J.P. Croxall
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey
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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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