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Need for a Clear and Fair Evaluation of Biodiversity Offsets for Fisheries Bycatch
Author(s) -
WILCOX C.,
DONLAN C. JOSH
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01173.x
Subject(s) - bycatch , biodiversity conservation , conservation biology , biodiversity , library science , ecology , fishery , geography , computer science , biology , fish <actinopterygii>
the abstract of one of our papers that ˇZydelis et al. cite we state, “A bycatch management framework based on the hierarchy of ‘avoid, minimize, and offset’ from the Convention on Biological Diversity would,result in cost- effective conservation,gains” (Donlan & Wilcox 2008). In our initial paper, we presented a comparison of whether offsets or a fisheries closure would,be more cost-effective inreducingthethreattoadecliningshearwater.Thisanal-