Up in the air : drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Ramp, C, Gaspard, D, Gavrilchuk, K, Unger, M, Schleimer, A, Delarue, J, Landry, S, Sears, R
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Arctic Research Centre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Entanglement; Fin whale; Blue whale; Humpback whale; Aerial imagery; QL Zoology; DAS; NIS; MCC; QL; Canada; Rorqual; Balaenoptera musculus; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/21437; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01084

Funding: The aerial part of the study in 2018 and 2019 was funded by DFO. Entanglement in fishing gear is a significant threat to many cetaceans. For the 2 largest species, the blue whale Balaenoptera musculus and the fin whale B. physalus, reports of entangled individuals are rare, leading to the a...