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Tixier, Paul; Welsford, Dirk; Lea, Mary-anne; Hindell, Mark; Guinet, Christophe; Janc, Anaïs; Richard, Gaetan; Gasco, Nicolas; Duhamel, Guy; Arangio, Rhys; Villanueva, Ching-maria; Suberg, Lavinia; Arnould, John. |
The emergence of longline fishing for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) on the Kerguelen Plateau over the past two decades is concomitant with the development of depredation-type interactions by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Through a unique collaboration between the French and the Australian fisheries operating respectively around Kerguelen, and Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI), this study preliminarily investigated the spatio–temporal variations of the rate of occurrence of sperm whale depredation on the Kerguelen Plateau. Between 2011 and 2016, sperm whales depredated toothfish on 29.1% of all longline sets and over 49.4% of the fished area. The probability of vessels to experience depredation decreased with the latitude... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Fisheries interactions; Sperm whale; Patagonian toothfish; Kerguelen; Depredation. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00502/61411/65094.pdf |
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