Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans

Autor: Brianna Elliott, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Sylvain Bonhommeau, Umair Shahid, Rebecca Lent, Lauren Nelson, Andrew J. Read
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Conservation Letters, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1755-263X
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12997
Popis: Abstract In 1992, the UN banned the use of large‐scale pelagic driftnets on the high seas (UNGA Resolution 46/215). Three decades later, however, drift gillnets remain one of the primary fishing gears in the Indian Ocean, accounting for approximately 30% of tuna catches in this ocean. Recent estimates indicate that several million small cetaceans have been killed in Indian Ocean gillnets over the past few decades. National agencies and the regional fisheries management organization charged with managing tuna fisheries, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, have yet to effectively document the bycatch of small cetaceans in these fisheries. Here, we review current information on cetacean bycatch in Indian Ocean drift gillnets and propose potential solutions to this important conservation issue.
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