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Morizur, Yvon; Gaudou, Olivier; Demaneche, Sebastien. |
During the years 2008 to 2013 several observations of catches were planned on board of set netters fishing in the bay of Biscay, in the English Channel, in the North sea and in the Mediterranean area (around Corsica). All the observations were done on nets without pingers and they were pooled to provide an average bycatch rate of marine mammals by fleet. Estimates of annual bycatch by using the fishing efforts of the year 2012 were provided by fleet. Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena was the most common bycatch in set nets. An average annual estimate of 600 harbour porpoises was obtained for the French fleet; other species recorded in set nets were mainly common dolphin Delphinus delphis, striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba and the two species of seals... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: France; Bycatch; Marine mammals; Phocoena phocoena; Set nets; Trammel nets; Gill nets; EU regulation 812/2004. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00209/32016/30451.pdf |