Evidence that grey seals (<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>) use above-water vision to locate baited buoys
Fishing gear in the Baltic is often raided by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). The seals remove the fish and damage the nets, or entangle themselves and drown. In order to develop ways of mitigating the seals-fisheries conflict, it is important to know exactly how the seals locate the fishing gear....
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Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2007-01-01
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Series: | NAMMCO Scientific Publications |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2736 |