Do commercial fisheries display optimal foraging? The case of longline fishers in competition with odontocetes.

• Main Authors: Richard, Gaëtan, Guinet, Christophe, Bonnel, Julien, Gasco , Nicolas, Tixier, Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Orca; Orcinus orca; Patagonian Toothfish; Physeter macrocephalus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/82279; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0498

Depredation in longline fisheries by odontocete whales is a worldwide growing issue, having substantial socio-economic consequences for fishers as well as conservation implications for both fish resources and the depredating odontocete populations. An example of this is the demersal longline fishery...