Fisheries interactions of Delphinus delphis in the north-east Atlantic with an emphasis on Galicia, north-west Spain

29th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Marine mammal conservation from the local to global, 23rd to 25th March 2015 Bycatch from interactions with fisheries remains the biggest global threat to marine mammals. Galicia, north-west Spain, is one of the world’s main fishing regions and a hig...

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Main Authors: Read, Fiona L., Santos, M. Begoña, González, Ángel L., Murphy, Sinéad, López, Alfredo, Pierce, Graham J.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/311294
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Summary:29th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Marine mammal conservation from the local to global, 23rd to 25th March 2015 Bycatch from interactions with fisheries remains the biggest global threat to marine mammals. Galicia, north-west Spain, is one of the world’s main fishing regions and a high level of cetacean-fisheries interactions has been reported from on-board observers, interviews with fisheries stakeholders and analysis of stranded and by-caught carcasses No