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ABSTRACT Aim The last decades have been marked by a global decline of many migratory species, and predictions are even more alarming when climate change is considered. We investigated the migration patterns and marine habitat selection processes of a critically endangered endemic seabird of the tropical western Indian Ocean, and projected future ...
Romain Fernandez +6 more
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The National Marine Fisheries Service’s National Bycatch Strategy [PDF]
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) launched its National Bycatch Strategy (NBS) in March 2003 in response to the continued fisheries management challenge posed by fisheries bycatch.
Benaka, Lee R., Dobrzynski, Tanya J.
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Reducing green turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries using illuminated gillnets: The Cost of Saving a Sea Turtle [PDF]
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.Gillnet fisheries exist throughout the oceans and have been implicated in high bycatch rates of sea turtles.
Alfaro-Shigueto, J +9 more
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ABSTRACT This retrospective analysis explores how historical fishing activity (1948–2009) at French Frigate Shoals (FFS) can be examined in relation to the foraging ecology of Hawaiian monk seals. We bring together fisheries catch records, monk seal demographic information, and ecological studies on prey, competitors, and predators to evaluate ...
Frank A. Parrish +3 more
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Small cetacean bycatch as estimated from stranding schemes: The common dolphin case in the northeast Atlantic [PDF]
Death in fishing gear of non-target species (called ‘bycatch’) is a major concern for marine wildlife, and mostly worrying for long-lived species like cetaceans, considering their demographic characteristics (slow population growth rates and low ...
Authier, M +7 more
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High contrast panels and lights do not reduce bird bycatch in Baltic Sea gillnet fisheries
Bycatch is a cause of mortality among marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and birds. For some species this mortality may be sufficient to cause population declines.
Rob Field +8 more
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European sprat can be divided into distinct genetic groups in the NE Atlantic, that is, Norwegian fjords, Baltic Sea and an oceanic component. The species has been increasingly reported in Icelandic waters since 2017. To investigate the source of introduction, Icelandic sprat has been genotyped and analyzed in comparison with existing reference data ...
María Quintela +7 more
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Fishermen´s perceptions of interactions between seabirds and artisanal fisheries in the Chonos archipelago, Chilean Patagonia [PDF]
Interactions between seabirds and commercial fishing activities have been well documented but little information is available regarding the impacts of more traditional fishing practices on seabird populations.
Arriagada, Aldo M. +4 more
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Seabird bycatch in New Zealand trawl and longline fisheries, 1998-2004 [PDF]
Fisheries bycatch is a threatening process for populations of procellariiform seabirds, and is of particular importance for the conservation of albatross, an especially threatened group at a global scale. There is a high level ofendemism of albatross and
Fletcher, D, MacKenzie, DI, Waugh, SM
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Using the marine flyways concept to accelerate ocean conservation
Implementing the marine flyways framework can secure ecological connectivity across the marine environment, including in synergistic implementation of existing regional policy instruments and multiple multilateral environmental agreements, including CMS, the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and the Agreement on the Conservation ...
Joanne M. Morten +7 more
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