Do commercial fisheries display optimal foraging? The case of longline fishers in competition with odontocetes

• Main Authors: G Richard, C Guinet, J Bonnel, N Gasco, P Tixier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Fisheries sciences not elsewhere classified; Ecology not elsewhere classified; Zoology not elsewhere classified; fisheries; odontocete whales; depredation; socioeconomic consequences; Crozet Archipelago; Kerguelen Island; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; 3005 Fisheries sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; Kerguelen; Indian; Orca; Orcinus orca; Patagonian Toothfish; Physeter macrocephalus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30104298; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Do_commercial_fisheries_display_optimal_foraging_The_case_of_longline_fishers_in_competition_with_odontocetes/20830426

Depredation in longline fisheries by odontocete whales is a worldwide growing issue, having substantial socioeconomic consequences for fishers as well as conservation implications for both fish resources and the depredating odontocete populations. An example of this is the demersal longline fishery...