Spatio-temporal interactions between whale sharks, cetaceans and tropical tuna purse-seine fisheries, within a conservation perspective, in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

• Main Author: Escalle, Lauriane
• Other Authors: MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier, Daniel Gaertner, Bastien Merigot
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Whale shark; Cetaceans; Tuna purse-Seine fishery; Marine magafauna; Accidental catch; Pelagic ecosystems; Requin baleine; Cétacés; Pêche thonière à la senne; Megafaune marine; Prises accessoires; Écosystèmes pélagiques; [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; Indian; Baleine; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01647177; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01647177/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01647177/file/2016_ESCALLE_archivage.pdf

In the frame of the Ecosystem Approach to Fishery (EAF) management, impact of the tropical tuna purse-seine fishery on targeted and incidentally captured species should be investigated. They may include megafauna species, such as sharks, rays, cetaceans, turtles or sea birds, which often are emblema...