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Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans.
- Source :
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Conservation Letters . Mar2024, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p1-8. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In 1992, the UN banned the use of largeāscale 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BYCATCHES
*TUNA fisheries
*CETACEA
*FISHERIES
*OCEAN
*FISHERY management
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1755263X
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Conservation Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176898113
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12997