Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world

LM Komoroske, RL Lewison - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Fisheries bycatch is a threat to species of marine megafauna across the world's oceans.
Work over the past several decades has greatly advanced our understanding of the species …

Challenges in the Assessment of Bycatch: Postmortem Findings in Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Retrieved From Gillnets

LL IJsseldijk, M Scheidat, ML Siemensma… - Veterinary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Bycatch is considered one of the most significant threats affecting cetaceans worldwide. In
the North Sea, bottom-set gillnets are a specific risk for harbor porpoises (Phocoena …

Applying Bayesian spatiotemporal models to fisheries bycatch in the Canadian Arctic

A Cosandey-Godin, ET Krainski, B Worm… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Understanding and reducing the incidence of accidental bycatch, particularly for vulnerable
species such as sharks, is a major challenge for contemporary fisheries management. Here …

Habitat use by iberian harbour porpoises: ecological and human factors

B Díaz López, S Methion - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Iberian harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena meridionalis) population faces
unique challenges, characterized by low population size and limited genetic diversity …

[HTML][HTML] Defining management units for cetaceans by combining genetics, morphology, acoustics and satellite tracking

S Sveegaard, A Galatius, R Dietz, L Kyhn… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Managing animal units is essential in biological conservation and requires spatial and
temporal identification of such units. Since even neighbouring populations often have …

[HTML][HTML] The fine-scale behavior of harbor porpoises towards **ers

D Brennecke, U Siebert, L Kindt-Larsen, HS Midtiby… - Fisheries …, 2022 - Elsevier
High numbers of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) end up as bycatch in gillnets
every year. Acoustic alarms (**ers) have been demonstrated to be an efficient mitigation …

Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by‐catch

E Rogan, AJ Read, P Berggren - Fish and Fisheries, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
By‐catch is the primary global conservation threat to populations of dolphins and porpoises.
Despite protection for these protected species under its Habitats Directive, the European …

Assessing the impact of fisheries-related mortality of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) caused by incidental bycatch in the dynamic Norwegian gillnet fisheries

A Moan, M Skern-Mauritzen, JH Vølstad… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) bycatch for Norwegian commercial gillnet fisheries
from 2006 to 2018 was estimated using a traditional ratio estimator and generalized additive …

Sustainable fisheries management and the welfare of bycaught and entangled cetaceans

SJ Dolman, P Brakes - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The incidental capture of cetaceans and other protected marine wildlife in fishing gear has
significant welfare implications. Many thousands of cetaceans are bycaught in fishing gear …

Harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent regions: Biogeographic relicts of the last glacial period

MC Fontaine - Advances in marine biology, 2016 - Elsevier
The harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is one of the best studied cetacean species
owing to its common distribution along the coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere. In …