Submitted by morgaac on May 19, 2016 – 14:01 Bay of Fundy and Scotian Shelf Lobster traps pose greatest threat during spring and summer migration periods (to/from Critical Habitat) Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
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Fishing gear threat to right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Canadian waters and the risk of lethal entanglement | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Submitted by morgaac on May 19, 2016 – 13:59 groundfish and pelagic species Groundfish hook and line gear posed were determined to pose the greatest threat during summer resident period in Critical Habitat Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
New publication on baleen whale bycatch | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Reducing Excess Rope Strength in Fishing Gear Could Cut Whale Deaths from Entanglements by 72 percent BOSTON (December 2015) – Along the U.S. East Coast and the Canadian Maritimes, reports of a whale entangled in ropes used in commercial fishing are a near weekly event. When a whale gets entangled in these ropes, the event […]
Resources | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Bycatch regulations, research, monitoring, and engineering carried out by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States. NOAA’s Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Information on the status of […]