The effect of Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology on the foraging success of individual harbor seals

• Main Author: McKeegan, Kathleen Anne
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2022
• Subjects: harbor seal; Pacific salmon; pinniped management; acoustic deterrents; management tools; hazing devices; conservation conflict; Biology; Keta; Pacific; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/1128; https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2164&context=wwuet

Rebounding pinniped populations have led to conflicts with fisheries over commercially important prey species. Acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) are used to aid the recovery of depleted fish stocks by mitigating pinniped predation. However, most ADDs use painful sound signals, which can lead to hear...