Congratulations to the successful applicants:
Institution: Oregon State University
PI: Shanta Shamsunnahar
Title: Cetacean bycatch: Understanding socio-psychological factors to instigate behavioral change
Institution: Khmer Ocean Life
Co-PIs: Rose Ellis, Sarah Tubbs
Title: Conserving Cambodia’s marine mammals: a nationwide bycatch assessment and initiation of a marine mammal stranding network
Institution: Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast
PI: Joseph Sefah Debrah
Title: Sustaining cetacean by-catch reduction in Ghana through upscaling monitoring of landings, deepening fisher Engagement, and promoting policy
Institution: Pro Delphinus
PI: Joanna Alfaro Shigueto
Title: Estimating bycatch rates and abundance of small cetaceans in Pucusana, Peru, to guide management and conservation initiatives
Featured Bycatch Species
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The Australian sea lion population decreased due to harvests in the 17th and 18th centuries and traditional subsistence hunting by aborigines (Goldsworhty & Gales 2008).