#bycatch — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bycatch, aggregated by home.social.
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Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins; early intervention is crucial https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Bycatch
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Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins; early intervention is crucial https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Bycatch
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Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins; early intervention is crucial https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Bycatch
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Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins; early intervention is crucial https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Bycatch
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Entanglement injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins; early intervention is crucial https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Bycatch
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Entanglement is an animal welfare issue- Injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial
"Globally, scientists estimate 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year due to entanglement or incidental capture (bycatch)."
"In one recent Australian case, rescuers removed hundreds of metres of fishing line, hooks, rope and buoys from a young whale whose movement and feeding ability had already been severely compromised."
"Even when animals are successfully disentangled, stress, impaired feeding, chronic pain and severe infection from entanglement injuries may already be irreversible."
"Rescue is not simply whether the animal is cut free from the net but whether the intervention allows full recovery afterwards." >>
https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673
#fishing #entanglement #traps #boats #dumping #bycatch #MarineMammals #injuries #septicaemia #whales #dolphins #strandings #birds #wildlife #Biodiverisity #conservation #garbage #ocean -
Entanglement is an animal welfare issue- Injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial
"Globally, scientists estimate 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year due to entanglement or incidental capture (bycatch)."
"In one recent Australian case, rescuers removed hundreds of metres of fishing line, hooks, rope and buoys from a young whale whose movement and feeding ability had already been severely compromised."
"Even when animals are successfully disentangled, stress, impaired feeding, chronic pain and severe infection from entanglement injuries may already be irreversible."
"Rescue is not simply whether the animal is cut free from the net but whether the intervention allows full recovery afterwards." >>
https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673
#fishing #entanglement #traps #boats #dumping #bycatch #MarineMammals #injuries #septicaemia #whales #dolphins #strandings #birds #wildlife #Biodiverisity #conservation #garbage #ocean -
Entanglement is an animal welfare issue- Injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial
"Globally, scientists estimate 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year due to entanglement or incidental capture (bycatch)."
"In one recent Australian case, rescuers removed hundreds of metres of fishing line, hooks, rope and buoys from a young whale whose movement and feeding ability had already been severely compromised."
"Even when animals are successfully disentangled, stress, impaired feeding, chronic pain and severe infection from entanglement injuries may already be irreversible."
"Rescue is not simply whether the animal is cut free from the net but whether the intervention allows full recovery afterwards." >>
https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673
#fishing #entanglement #traps #boats #dumping #bycatch #MarineMammals #injuries #septicaemia #whales #dolphins #strandings #birds #wildlife #Biodiverisity #conservation #garbage #ocean -
Entanglement is an animal welfare issue- Injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial
"Globally, scientists estimate 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year due to entanglement or incidental capture (bycatch)."
"In one recent Australian case, rescuers removed hundreds of metres of fishing line, hooks, rope and buoys from a young whale whose movement and feeding ability had already been severely compromised."
"Even when animals are successfully disentangled, stress, impaired feeding, chronic pain and severe infection from entanglement injuries may already be irreversible."
"Rescue is not simply whether the animal is cut free from the net but whether the intervention allows full recovery afterwards." >>
https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673
#fishing #entanglement #traps #boats #dumping #bycatch #MarineMammals #injuries #septicaemia #whales #dolphins #strandings #birds #wildlife #Biodiverisity #conservation #garbage #ocean -
Entanglement is an animal welfare issue- Injuries cause prolonged suffering for whales and dolphins – early intervention is crucial
"Globally, scientists estimate 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year due to entanglement or incidental capture (bycatch)."
"In one recent Australian case, rescuers removed hundreds of metres of fishing line, hooks, rope and buoys from a young whale whose movement and feeding ability had already been severely compromised."
"Even when animals are successfully disentangled, stress, impaired feeding, chronic pain and severe infection from entanglement injuries may already be irreversible."
"Rescue is not simply whether the animal is cut free from the net but whether the intervention allows full recovery afterwards." >>
https://theconversation.com/entanglement-injuries-cause-prolonged-suffering-for-whales-and-dolphins-early-intervention-is-crucial-283673
#fishing #entanglement #traps #boats #dumping #bycatch #MarineMammals #injuries #septicaemia #whales #dolphins #strandings #birds #wildlife #Biodiverisity #conservation #garbage #ocean -
How new #fishing tech can reduce #bycatch of #turtles and other creatures
Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing #fisherman to still catch others
Accidental harvest is known as bycatch, and every year it causes the death of millions of marine animals, including whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles and seabirds. Nets and gear can asphyxiate animals or cause fatal injuries; even when animals are tossed back to sea, they die
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2026/new-fishing-tech-cuts-bycatch-turtles-marine-creatures -
How new fishing tech can reduce #bycatch of turtles and other creatures - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/how-new-fishing-tech-can-reduce-bycatch-of-turtles-and-other-creatures/ " Specially equipped nets can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others. "
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⟦Fichefet et al.⟧ Assessing the risk of whale entanglement in pot fisheries in Irish waters https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1749710/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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#extinction #dolphins #bycatch
"Groups File New Lawsuit to Prevent Extinction of Earth’s Rarest Marine Dolphins
Suit seeks U.S. ban on New Zealand seafood as fishing fleets harm rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins
Earthjustice and Law of the Wild filed a legal action on behalf of the grassroots group Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders to protect the rarest marine dolphins in the world. The new legal claim asks the court to order seafood import protections to prevent extinction of New Zealand’s Māui dolphins and their close relatives, Hector’s dolphins.
Background on this case
This recent lawsuit follows on the heels of an action Earthjustice and Law of the Wild filed in December 2024 on behalf of Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders to enforce the U.S Marine Mammal Protection Act, which requires the U.S. government to ban seafood imports from any foreign fishery that excessively harms marine mammals.
The 2024 suit contended that New Zealand fishing fleets are driving the critically endangered Māui dolphin to extinction, with estimates of only 30 to 50 left on Earth, and very few breeding females. Fifty years ago, there were 2,000 Maui dolphins. Since then, the population has plummeted by over 97 percent.
The closely related Hector’s dolphins are also dwindling – only about 15,000 Hector’s dolphins remain, down from a population of about 50,000 in 1975.
The fishing fleets operating along the West Coast of New Zealand’s North Island don’t intentionally catch Māui or Hector’s dolphins, but the marine mammals get caught when fishers target commercial seafood species. The fishers use large nets that hang in the water for days or drag through the sea, scooping up everything in their path. Even if the dolphins are freed from the nets and do not drown, they can suffer serious injuries while struggling to reach the surface to breathe.
In August 2025, after reviewing all the evidence, the Court of International Trade ruled that the U.S. government’s decision to allow seafood imports from two of New Zealand’s west coast fisheries was arbitrary and unlawful.
But the victory was short-lived. Just days later, the U.S. government issued another decision, allowing all seafood exports from New Zealand to the United States. This decision permits the U.S. market to support not just the fisheries impacting critically endangered Māui dolphins, but also equally problematic fisheries that catch Hector’s dolphins and other marine mammals. The U.S. government’s decision that New Zealand’s bycatch levels are 'sustainable' is based on the same flawed reasoning and evidence that the Court of International Trade had previously found severely deficient The new legal action filed last week challenges that decision."
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UN treaty to protect ‘extraordinary’ marine life due to come into force https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/un-treaty-to-protect-extraordinary-marine-life-due-to-come-into-force 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Dolphins #Bycatch #Science
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Better understanding accidental dolphin catches in the Bay of Biscay in order to reduce them https://www.ifremer.fr/en/press/better-understanding-accidental-dolphin-catches-bay-biscay-order-reduce-them 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch
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Entangled North Atlantic right whale severely injured with survival in question, experts say https://www.neaq.org/about-us/press-room/press-releases/entangled-north-atlantic-right-whale-severely-injured-with-survival-in-question-experts-say/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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Fishing ban in Bay of Biscay will return in 2026 to protect dolphins https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/24/bay-of-biscay-fishing-ban-to-return-in-2026-after-proving-successful-at-reducing-dolphin-d 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch
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⟦Shank et al.⟧ A decision support tool for assessing entanglement risk to protected species from fixed-gear fisheries with applications to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northwest Atlantic https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1549345/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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NOAA reports spike in whale entanglements, latest bad news in year of threats in and out of the ocean https://phys.org/news/2025-10-noaa-spike-whale-entanglements-latest.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Entanglement #Bycatch
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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, fuelling hope for the world’s rarest marine mammal https://apnews.com/video/scientists-spot-vaquita-calves-in-mexico-fueling-hope-for-the-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-f1928d6587784b019aa089fa9668766f 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Vaquita #Porpoise #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Rescuers free humpback whale entangled in 137 metres of rope near Nanaimo, B.C. https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.6950786 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch #Entanglement
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Study reveals decline in North Atlantic dolphin lifespan and population growth https://phys.org/news/2025-10-north-atlantic-dolphins-dying-younger.html 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch
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It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
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It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
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It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
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It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
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It's time to save #whales again
July 22, House #NaturalResources #subcommittee, GOP Rep. #NickBegich (AK) introduced draft legislation that would scale back #MarineMammal Protection Act. Among other things, it would limit ability of #US gov to take action against “incidental take,” killing of whales, #dolphins and #seals by sonic blasts from #oil exploration, ship and boat strikes or by drowning as accidental catch (#bycatch) in #fishing gear.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-16/whales-marine-mammal-endangered-species-environmental-protection-agency
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Sharp rise in US whale entanglements after NOAA cut-backs https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/sharp-rise-in-us-whale-entanglements-after-noaa-cut-backs/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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Crew unravels humpback whale from rope and fishing gear off B.C.'s coast https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fader-the-humpback-rescued-1.7644417 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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Death of monk seal underscores importance of responsible fishing practices | Maui Now https://mauinow.com/2025/09/19/death-of-monk-seal-underscores-importance-of-responsible-fishing-practices/ 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science #Bycatch
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Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/18/whale-and-calf-entangled-in-shark-net-off-queensland-australia 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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Young humpback whale “Starry Knight” freed from second entanglement in Salish Sea https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/young-humpback-whale-starry-knight-freed-from-second-entanglement-in-salish-sea/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.
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a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.
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a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.
© #StefanFWirth 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70196Fig
a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.
© #StefanFWirth 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70196Fig
a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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#Endemism and #biodiversity::The authors J. Sagumai et al. (2025) report the #rediscovery of #houndshark #Gogolia #filewoodi in their recent scientific paper. Based on five females and one male it was #documented as fishery #bycatch between 2020 and 2022.
© #StefanFWirth 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70196Fig
a) Astrolabe Bay area . b) Adult female, adult male by J. Sagumai et al. (2025,, creative commons
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Court Rules U.S. Unlawfully Authorized Seafood Imports That Threaten Māui Dolphin https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2508/S00810/court-rules-us-unlawfully-authorized-seafood-imports-that-threaten-maui-dolphin.htm 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Bycatch #Extinction
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Good news: Whale-safe crab fishing season a success https://environmentamerica.org/updates/good-news-whale-safe-crab-fishing-season-a-success/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
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⟦Feyrer et al.⟧ Three decades of observer records reveal ongoing risks of marine mammal depredation and entanglement in Canada’s Atlantic fisheries https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/82/8/fsaf140/8234440?login=false 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Dolphins #Porpoises #Bycatch
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Use of immersion sensors on the legs of albatrosses revealed a behavior unique to foraging while following fishing vessels: the birds land on the water to prey on discarded fishing waste. This increases the risk of the birds becoming bycatch.
Original paper: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70085#:~:text=We%20found%20that%20immersion%20patterns,Carneiro%2C%20Dias%2C%20et%20al.
#Science #Birds #Albatross #Foraging #Bycatch
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Kunst zum Anfassen in #Kiel: Da, wo die Hörn an Land geht, fängt das schwimmende Kunstprojekt „#Bycatch” die Sinne und macht Lust, auf den weißen Tetrapoden herumzuklettern.
https://archive.is/PHXD8
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One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/11/ghost-nets-colombian-divers-old-fishing-gear-commercial-fishing-equipment 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #GhostNets #Bycatch
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Tangled humpback whale sparks rescue mission off Australia https://phys.org/news/2025-06-tangled-humpback-whale-mission-australia.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch #OceanPollution
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Norwegian article on gull bycatch in their Herring fishery -
https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/trodde-sjofugler-dode-av-fugleinfluensa-_-viste-seg-a-vaere-druknet-1.17141581However this facebook post from Eirik Grønningsæter is claiming as many as 15,000 to 20,000 gulls are getting killed this way each year
https://www.facebook.com/fieldbiologist/posts/pfbid02XQyUE95BoSAj5QvrZWD9b2PmtfS6JGj8GDfiAgm4oEVMFj93iV8y4sgDtSKNUR9Jl