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Mortality of Thick-billed Murres in the West Greenland Salmon Fishery

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SINCE its inception in 1965, the drift net fishery for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) off West Greenland has taken a heavy toll of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia)1, which are entangled and drowned as they dive for food.

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  1. ARTHUR W. MAY

    Present address: Fisheries Service, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OH3

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  1. Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick

    C. ERIC TULL & PAUL GERMAIN

  2. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Biological Station, St John's, Newfoundland

    ARTHUR W. MAY

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TULL, C., GERMAIN, P. & MAY, A. Mortality of Thick-billed Murres in the West Greenland Salmon Fishery. Nature 237, 42–44 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237042a0

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