Net Entanglements of Baleen Whales in the Inshore Fishery of Newfoundland

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Perkins, J. S., Beamish, P. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
• Subjects: General Medicine; Newfoundland; The Beaches; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera physalus; baleen whales; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f79-075; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f79-075

This paper documents net entrapments of baleen whales in the inshore waters of Newfoundland and Labrador. The species involved are principally minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Finback whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are also caught in nets but fa...