South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) attending chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) commercial trawl fisheries over the Patagonian Shelf: a first report

• Published in: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
• Main Authors: Seco Pon, Juan Pablo, Favero, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos y Sociedad Mexicana de Mastozoología Marina
• Subjects: MARINE MAMMALS; MACKEREL FISHERY; ARGENTINE SEA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentine; Pablo; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/61484

Killer whale-seal interactions have been reported for almost all pinniped species globally. However the literature on offshore interactions between killer whales and sea lions is rare for the South Atlantic, particularly in Argentine waters. Here we report for the first time the harassment of a Sout...