Incidental catch of large marine vertebrates in gillnet fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Main Author: Benjamins, Steven
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2006
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Canada; Greenland; Hake; atlantic cod; Harbour porpoise
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/10156/; https://research.library.mun.ca/10156/1/Benjamins_Steven.pdf

Small cetaceans, such as harbour porpoises, often become entangled in gillnets, and this anthropogenic mortality is a conservation concern. For years, harbour porpoises have been captured regularly in fisheries in waters of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), but defendable estimates have been lacki...