Figure 2. Fishing rope recovered from bowhead whale 17B6 in Chronic stress from fishing gear entanglement is recorded in baleen from a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

• Main Authors: Rolland, Rosalind M., Graham, Katherine M., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert S., George, John C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761897

Figure 2. Fishing rope recovered from bowhead whale 17B6 included two types of 19 mm diameter rope. Segment (#1) appeared to be white nylon rope, while segments (#s 2, 4, 5) were blue-flecked and most likely a copolymer rope. Segment (#3) was line used by the hunters during the harvest and was not part of the whale entanglement. Fraying of the rope ends was consistent with cut ends that had not been heat sealed or whipped. It was not possible to determine the status of the gear at the time of entanglement. Published as part of Rolland, Rosalind M., Graham, Katherine M., Stimmelmayr, Raphaela, Suydam, Robert S. & George, John C., 2019, Chronic stress from fishing gear entanglement is recorded in baleen from a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), pp. 1625-1642 in Marine Mammal Science 35 (4) on page 1629, DOI:10.1111/mms.12596, http://zenodo.org/record/12761891