Entanglement of southern elephant seals in squid fishing gear

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Campagna, Claudio, Falabella, Valeria, Lewis, Mirtha Noemi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; ENTANGLEMENT; PENINSULA VALDES; FISHING IMPACT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Bradshaw; McMahon; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/102181

Although southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, prey upon fish and squid species that are targeted by large commercial operations that overlap with their foraging range (Daneri and Carlini 2002, van den Hoff et al. 2002, Bradshaw et al. 2003 and references therein), direct interactions with fish...