Entangled cetacean events in El Salvador

Entanglement in fishing gear is recognized as the main modern threat to cetacean populations worldwide. The following is the first evidence of interactions between artisanal marine-coastal fisheries and cetaceans along the Pacific coast of El Salvador. Between 2017 and 2022, five entanglement events...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista Minerva
Main Authors: Castaneda, Melvin Giovanni, Martínez de Navas, Elba, Ransome, Nicola L., Benito, Paula C., Pineda, Luis, Aguilar Villalta , Laura Maricela
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Secretaría de Investigaciones científicas de la Universidad de El Salvador 2022
Subjects:
Acajutla
ballena jorobada
enmallamiento
red garetera
Los Cóbanos
humpback whale
entangled
gillnets
Ballenas
De la Costa
Jorobada
Pacific
Ballena jorobada
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:https://www.camjol.info/index.php/revminerva/article/view/15698
https://doi.org/10.5377/revminerva.v5i1.15698

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