Population growth of an endangered pinniped - the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - is limited more by high pup mortality than fisheries bycatch

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Hamilton, SA, Baker, GB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd 2019
• Subjects: bycatch; bycatch mitigation; fisheries management; pinniped; population assessment; population modelling; pup mortality; Antarctic; New Zealand; Campbell Island; Wallows; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/32722/

The endangered New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri is killed as incidental bycatch in a trawl fishery operating near their second largest population on Campbell Island in New Zealand's sub-Antarctic. Using the Potential Biological Removal (PBR) procedure to assess the sustainability of thi...