Marine animal entanglements in mussel aquaculture gear : documented cases from mussel farming regions of the world including first-hand accounts from Iceland

• Main Author: Young, Madeline Olivia, 1990-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Coastal and marine management; University Centre of the Westfjords; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Kræklingarækt; Veiðarfæri; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Haf; baleen whales; Harbour porpoise; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/22522

Mussel aquaculture utilizes various ropes in the water column that may pose an entanglement risk to cetaceans and sea turtles. In contrast to fishing gear, however, there are far fewer documented entanglement cases in mussel aquaculture gear. With that being said, there has been little data collecte...