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Modeling Interactions
Estimated Absorbance Spectra of the Visual Pigments of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Computer modeling of whale-trap line encounters
Lanthanide metals as shark repellants
"Weak Hook" Research: Results and Next Steps
Biodynamics of Large Whale Entanglements
Identifying current best lobster fishing practices as they relate to whale conservation
Stable isotope analysis of pilot whales
Conservation of marine megafauna requires avoiding and minimizing fisheries bycatch
Shark bycatch and depredation in the US Atlantic pelagic longline fishery
Bycatch of protected species and other species of concern in US east coast commercial fisheries
Large Whale Entanglement Dynamics Workshop
Over 50 fishermen, whale scientists, fishing gear engineers, rope manufacturers, and marine wildlife disentanglement experts participated in a workshop to examine the dynamics of large whale entanglements in fishing gear.
Over 50 fishermen, whale scientists, fishing gear engineers, rope manufacturers, and marine wildlife disentanglement experts participated in a workshop to examine the dynamics of large whale entanglements in fishing gear. The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction organized this workshop to increase understanding about baleen whale entanglements and ultimately improve the evaluation methods for reducing their bycatch.
Read the preliminary report.
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Preliminary Report of the Dynamics of Large Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear Workshop
North Atlantic Right Whale
The small population of North Atlantic right whales is in danger of extinction. These whales were hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers by the end of the 1700s, but today are at risk from entanglement in fishing gear and boat strikes.
Entanglement Severity Related to Rope Characteristics for North Atlantic Right Whales
What We Know of Entanglements from Disentanglement
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