Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

• Main Authors: Karin A. Forney, Scott R. Benson, Grant A. Cameron
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bor; Common Murre; Phocoena phocoena; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.504.7415; http://swfsc.noaa.gov/uploadedFiles/Divisions/PRD/Programs/Coastal_Marine_Mammal/ForneyBensonCameron2001.pdf

During the 1980s, extensive bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals in central California’s set gillnet fisheries prompted a series of area and depth closures, which ultimately appeared successful at reducing mortality of the species of primary concern, Common Murre (Uria aalge), sea otter (Enhydra l...