Opportunistic observations of interactions between sperm whales and deep-water trawlers based on sightings from fisheries observers in the northwest Atlantic

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Karpouzli, Evanthia ^a   Leaper, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries interactions; Greenland halibut; NAFO; Sperm whales

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FISHING; FISHING VESSEL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLEMISH CAP;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; MACROCEPHALUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; REINHARDTIUS; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 0942289149     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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