Two types of longline sets, night and day, were evaluated for differences in catch composition in Seychelles waters. Night sets were set at dusk and retrieved at dawn and used shallow baskets targeting swordfish, while day sets were set at dawn and retrieved at dusk and used shallow and deep baskets to target tuna. The […]
October 2024
Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
The annual counts of large whale entanglements (including serious injury and mortalities) were analyzed and used to assess the effectiveness of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. Fishing gear entanglements related to the annual number of mortality events averaged 2.5 for right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), 5.6 for humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), 0.6 for fin whales […]
Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011 | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
This paper is a global assessment of marine mammal (cetacean, pinniped, sirenian, and marine mustelids) bycatch in gillnets and other entangling nets from 1990 to 2011. The authors found that at least 75% of odontocete species, 64% of mysticetes, 66% of pinnipeds, and all sirenian and marine mustelids have been recorded as gillnet bycatch over […]