Fishing gear involved in entanglements of right and humpback whales

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-645

  Johnson, Amanda ^a,b   Salvador, Glenn ^b   Kenney, John ^b   Robbins, Jooke ^c   Kraus, Scott ^d   Landry, Scott ^c   Clapham, Phil ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^e NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Entanglement; Entanglement risk; Eubalaena glacialis; Fisheries; Gear type; Humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Mortality; North Atlantic right whale

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; WHALE;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 25844500246     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2005.tb01256.x     Document Type: Article

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