Assessing changes in numbers and distribution of large whale entanglements in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 579-601

  Benjamins, Steven ^a   Ledwell, Wayne ^b   Huntington, Julie ^b   Davidson, Anthony Raphael ^c  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Whale Release and Strandings Group   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Bycatch; Canada; Entanglement; Fisheries; Humpback whale; Minke whale; Newfoundland; Northwest Atlantic; Snow crab

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BYCATCH; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAB; DATA SET; FISHING GEAR; GADOID; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; WHALE;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS MORHUA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 84863511145     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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