Behavior of a social unit of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) entangled in a driftnet off Capo Palinuro (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

• Main Authors: PACE, DANIELA SILVIA, Miragliuolo A., Mussi B.
• Other Authors: Pace, DANIELA SILVIA, Miragliuolo, A., Mussi, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Whaling Commission. 2008
• Subjects: incidental catche; sperm-whale; driftnet; Mediterranean Sea; behaviour; northern hemisphere; Freed; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/994373

Driftnet fishing is notorious for being the major source of fatal entanglement of cetaceans and for its devastating impact on some pelagic species of the Mediterranean fauna. Of all the large cetaceans, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is most affected by this fishing technique. On 9 August...