Using GIS and stakeholder involvement to innovate marine mammal bycatch risk assessment in data-limited fisheries.

Fisheries bycatch has been identified as the greatest threat to marine mammals worldwide. Characterizing the impacts of bycatch on marine mammals is challenging because it is difficult to both observe and quantify, particularly in small-scale fisheries where data on fishing effort and marine mammal...

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Main Authors: Gregory M Verutes, Andrew F Johnson, Marjolaine Caillat, Louisa S Ponnampalam, Cindy Peter, Long Vu, Chalatip Junchompoo, Rebecca L Lewison, Ellen M Hines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237835