Technical mitigation to reduce marine mammal bycatch and entanglement in commercial fishing gear: lessons learnt and future directions

S Hamilton, GB Baker - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2019 - Springer
Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations. A literature
review was undertaken to provide a comprehensive assessment and synopsis of gear …

A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna

S Lucas, P Berggren - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2023 - Springer
Marine megafauna are critical for marine ecosystem health and their removal can cause
food webs to collapse. Methods to reduce marine megafauna mortality can result in conflict …

An economical custom-built drone for assessing whale health

V Pirotta, A Smith, M Ostrowski, D Russell… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have huge potential to improve the safety and
efficiency of sample collection from wild animals under logistically challenging …

Conflict between dolphins and a data-scarce fishery of the European Union

RTE Snape, AC Broderick, BA Çiçek, WJ Fuller… - Human ecology, 2018 - Springer
Fisheries depredation by marine mammals is an economic concern worldwide. We
combined questionnaires, acoustic monitoring, and participatory experiments to investigate …

A citizen science approach to long‐term monitoring of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Sydney, Australia

V Pirotta, W Reynolds, G Ross, I Jonsen… - Marine Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Cape Solander Whale Migration Study is a citizen science project that annually
counts northward migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Cape …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of mitigation measures to reduce the incidental catch of vulnerable species in fisheries

J Sacchi - 2021 - books.google.com
Potentially harmful contact between fisheries and marine vulnerable species represents a
global conservation issue and efforts to mitigate the negative repercussions of these …

Evaluating alternatives to reduce whale entanglements in commercial Dungeness Crab fishing gear

KM Lebon, RP Kelly - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2014, the US West Coast has experienced a sudden increase in reported
whale entanglements with commercial fishing gear. The increase has been particularly …

A current affair: entanglement of humpback whales in coastal shark‐control nets

JA Bolin, DS Schoeman, C Pizà‐Roca… - Remote Sensing in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Shark‐control nets pose an entanglement risk to East Australian humpback whales during
their annual northward and southward migrations between the Southern Ocean and the …

Impacts of Whale-Watching on the Short-Term Behavior of Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in a Marine Protected Area in the Southeastern Pacific

M Santos-Carvallo, F Barilari… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Whale-watching (WW) is an activity which has been increasing worldwide due to the great
interest of tourists and the economic benefits it provides to local communities. However, it …

Managed and unmanaged whale mortality in the California Current Ecosystem

E Oldach, H Killeen, P Shukla, E Brauer, N Carter… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Whales serve important biological and cultural functions in the California Current ecosystem
(CCE). Due to concerns regarding anthropogenic impacts on whales, the California Ocean …