The Painful Side of Trap and Fixed Net Fisheries: Chronic Entanglement of Large Whales
Concern over the well-being of marine mammals at sea has focused on intentional harvests, both in terms of individual welfare and population sustainability. Unintentional mortalities from fishing gear entanglement are primarily seen as a risk to population viability. Additionally, larger whales brea...
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fthindawi:oai:hindawi.com:10.1155/2012/230653 2023-05-15T16:08:17+02:00 The Painful Side of Trap and Fixed Net Fisheries: Chronic Entanglement of Large Whales Michael J. Moore Julie M. van der Hoop 2012 https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/230653 en eng Journal of Marine Biology https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/230653 Copyright © 2012 Michael J. Moore and Julie M. van der Hoop. Review Article 2012 fthindawi https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/230653 2019-05-25T21:32:01Z Concern over the well-being of marine mammals at sea has focused on intentional harvests, both in terms of individual welfare and population sustainability. Unintentional mortalities from fishing gear entanglement are primarily seen as a risk to population viability. Additionally, larger whales breaking free of, and subsequently carrying, fixed trap and net gear are subject to a very slow demise, averaging 6 months in the case of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Chronic cases can involve impaired foraging, increased drag, infection, hemorrhage, and severe tissue damage. The individual suffering of these cases appears to be extreme. Thus management measures should go beyond legally mandated conservation measures to include avoidance of such scenarios. Seafood consumers could succeed, where laws have failed, to demand fishing practices that do not kill whales in this manner. The effective absence of such demands would seem to reflect the cryptic nature of these cases to most consumers. Review Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Marine Biology 2012 1 4 |
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Concern over the well-being of marine mammals at sea has focused on intentional harvests, both in terms of individual welfare and population sustainability. Unintentional mortalities from fishing gear entanglement are primarily seen as a risk to population viability. Additionally, larger whales breaking free of, and subsequently carrying, fixed trap and net gear are subject to a very slow demise, averaging 6 months in the case of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Chronic cases can involve impaired foraging, increased drag, infection, hemorrhage, and severe tissue damage. The individual suffering of these cases appears to be extreme. Thus management measures should go beyond legally mandated conservation measures to include avoidance of such scenarios. Seafood consumers could succeed, where laws have failed, to demand fishing practices that do not kill whales in this manner. The effective absence of such demands would seem to reflect the cryptic nature of these cases to most consumers. |
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