Bycatch in gillnet fisheries threatens Critically Endangered small cetaceans and other aquatic megafauna

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Brownell, Robert L., Jr., Reeves, Randall R., Read, Andrew J., Smith, Brian D., Thomas, Peter O., Ralls, Katherine, Amano, Masao, Berggren, Per, Chit, Aung Myo, Collins, Tim, Currey, Rohan, Dolar, M. Louella L., Genov, Tilen, Hobbs, Roderick C., Kreb, Danielle, Marsh, Helene, Mei Zhigang, Perrin, William F., Phay, Somany, Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Ryan, Gerry E., Shelden, Kim E. W., Slooten, Elisabeth, Taylor, Barbara L., Vidal, Omar, Ding, Wang, Whitty, Tara S., Wang, John Y.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: INTER-RESEARCH 2019
• Subjects: Bycatch; Gillnet; Small cetacean; Dolphin; Porpoise; Extinction; Conservation; Biodiversity & Conservation; Biodiversity Conservation; DOLPHINS SOUSA-CHINENSIS; TAIWAN STRAIT POPULATION; YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE; ORCAELLA-BREVIROSTRIS; HUMPBACK DOLPHIN; HARBOR PORPOISES; PHOCOENA-PHOCOENA; INCIDENTAL CATCH; WEST-COAST; BALTIC SEA; Grim; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/35866; http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/342005/35867; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00994

The conservation status of small cetaceans has significantly worsened since the 1980s, when the baiji was the only species of small cetacean listed as Endangered by IUCN. Now the baiji is almost certainly extinct and 13 other species, subspecies, or populations (hereafter units-to-conserve or units)...