Implications of Arctic industrial growth and strategies to mitigate future vessel and fishing gear impacts on bowhead whales

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 454-462

  Reeves, Randall ^a   Rosa, Cheryl ^b   George, J Craig ^b   Sheffield, Gay ^c   Moore, Michael ^d  

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bowhead whale; Fishing gear entanglement; Ice retreat; Right whale; Vessel strike

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FISHING; FISHING GEAR; HUNTING; ICE RETREAT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SHIPPING; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 80052841205     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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