Food habits of Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens) taken in the pelagic drift gillnet fishery of the western North Atlantic

• Published in: Fishery Bulletin
• Main Authors: Wenzel, Frederick W., Polloni, Pamela T., Craddock, James E., Gannon, Damon P., Nicolas, John R., Read, Andrew J., Rosel, Patricia E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Hake; Mesoplodon bidens; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30395; https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.111.4.7

We describe the food habits of the Sowerby’s beaked whale(Mesoplodon bidens) from observations of 10 individuals taken as bycatch in the pelagic drift gillnet fishery for Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the western North Atlantic and 1 stranded individual from Kennebunk, Maine. The stomachs of 8 byca...