Image_6_Assessing the Effects of Banana Pingers as a Bycatch Mitigation Device for Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).pdf

• Main Authors: Lucy C. M. Omeyer, Philip D. Doherty, Sarah Dolman, Robert Enever, Allan Reese, Nicholas Tregenza, Ruth Williams, Brendan J. Godley
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; acoustic deterrent; C-POD; cetacean; marine mammal; passive acoustic monitoring; Cornwall; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00285.s006; https://figshare.com/articles/Image_6_Assessing_the_Effects_of_Banana_Pingers_as_a_Bycatch_Mitigation_Device_for_Harbour_Porpoises_Phocoena_phocoena_pdf/12292091

Bycatch is a significant cause of population declines of marine megafauna globally. While numerous bycatch mitigation strategies exist, acoustic alarms, or pingers, are the most widely adopted strategy for small cetaceans. Although pingers have been shown to be an effective measure for numerous spec...