Stone, G.S., Cavagnaro, L., Hutt, A., Kraus, S., Baldwin, K., Brown, J. Department of Conservation, New Zealand PO Box 10-420 Wellington, New Zealand White Dukane pingers with a fundamental frequency of 10kHz and harmonies of up to 160 kHz, elicited the strongest response from Hector’s dolphins, compared to the black Pice and red Dukane pingers. […]
November 2016
Reducing bycatch: can acoustic pingers keep Hector's dolphins out of fishing nets? | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Stone, G., Kraus, S., Hutt, A., Martin, S., Yoshinaga, A. & Joy, L. Marine Technology Society Journal Acoustic pingers were tested for their effectiveness to reduce entanglement of Hector’s dolphins in New Zealand gillnets. A remote control device was used to raise either active or passive acoustic pingers near Hector’s dolphins. The dolphins’ movement and […]