Behavioural ecology of fishermen and odontocetes in a depredation context

• Main Author: Richard, Gaëtan
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle, Christophe Guinet
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Depredation; Demersal longline; Killer whale; Sperm whale; Bio-logging; Human behavioural ecology; Passive acoustic monitoring; Palangre démersale; Orques; Cachalots; Écologie comportementale humaine; Acoustique passive; [SDV.SA.STP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Sciences and technics of fishery; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Patagonian Toothfish; Physeter macrocephalus; toothed whales
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-02117602; https://theses.hal.science/tel-02117602/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-02117602/file/2018Richard119881.pdf

Many marine predator species feed on fish caught by fishers directly from the fishing gear. Known as depredation this interaction issue has substantial socio-economic consequences for fishermen and conservation implications for the wildlife. Costs for fishers include damages to the fishing gear and...