Up in the air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: C Ramp, D Gaspard, K Gavrilchuk, M Unger, A Schleimer, J Delarue, S Landry, R Sears
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2021
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Canada; Rorqual; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Fin whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01084; https://doaj.org/article/e30b7851de5c4eaa8b91f73b6ae25a3a

Entanglement in fishing gear is a significant threat to many cetaceans. For the 2 largest species, the blue whale Balaenoptera musculus and the fin whale B. physalus, reports of entangled individuals are rare, leading to the assumption that entanglements are not common. Studies of interaction with f...