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Spatiotemporal patterns of overlap between short-finned pilot whales and the U.S. pelagic longline fishery in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: an assessment to inform the management of fisheries bycatch

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Tuna and swordfish
Effect on bycatch species
Spatial management approach could be effective at reducing pilot whale bycatch in the pelagic longline fishery
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Globicephala spp. (Pilot whale)
Fishing Gear
Hooks-and-Lines

Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Lobster
Effect on bycatch species
Annual entanglement rates increased between 1999 and 2009
Effect on target catch
n/a
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Balaenoptera acutostrata (Minke whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Lobster
Effect on bycatch species
Annual entanglement rates increased between 1999 and 2009
Effect on target catch
n/a
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Balaenoptera acutostrata (Minke whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Lobster
Effect on bycatch species
Annual entanglement rates increased between 1999 and 2009
Effect on target catch
n/a
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Balaenoptera acutostrata (Minke whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

Incremental fishing gear modifications fail to significantly reduce large whale serious injury rates

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Lobster
Effect on bycatch species
Annual entanglement rates increased between 1999 and 2009
Effect on target catch
n/a
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Balaenoptera acutostrata (Minke whale)
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

State-space mark-recapture estimates reveal a recent decline in abundance of North Atlantic right whales

Study Type
Summary study
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Multiple
Effect on bycatch species
The abundance of right whales has declined since 1990 and there has been a reduced survival rate for females compared to males
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Fishing Gear
Non-specific

State-space mark-recapture estimates reveal a recent decline in abundance of North Atlantic right whales

Study Type
Summary study
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
Multiple
Effect on bycatch species
The abundance of right whales has declined since 1990 and there has been a reduced survival rate for females compared to males
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Fishing Gear
Non-specific

Health of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis over three decades: from individual health to demographic and population health trends

Study Type
Summary study
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
The population health for all demographics declined over three generations. Calving females had significantly higher health scores than non-calving
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)

Fecal glucocorticoids and anthropogenic injury and mortality in North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glaciallis

Study Type
Study in the lab
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
fGCs in entangled whales and stranded whales were significantly higher than in whales killed by vessels and healthy whales.
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)

Behavioral impacts of disentanglement of a right whale under sedation and the energetic cost of entanglement

Study Type
Summary study
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
Significant alteration to swimming patterns and the magnitude of energy depletion in a chronically entangled whale.
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

Behavioral impacts of disentanglement of a right whale under sedation and the energetic cost of entanglement

Study Type
Summary study
Location
US Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
Significant alteration to swimming patterns and the magnitude of energy depletion in a chronically entangled whale.
Effect on target catch
N/A
Bycatch species
Eubalaena glacialis (NA Right whale)
Fishing Gear
Traps

Prevalence of visible injuries to leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the northwest Atlantic

Study Type
Summary study
Location
Northwest Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
N/A
Effect on target catch
The northwest Atlantic population of leatherback turtles faces potentially common widespread threats from predation and fishing gear across its range.
Bycatch species
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Fishing Gear
Gillnets

Prevalence of visible injuries to leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the northwest Atlantic

Study Type
Summary study
Location
Northwest Atlantic
Target catch
N/A
Effect on bycatch species
N/A
Effect on target catch
The northwest Atlantic population of leatherback turtles faces potentially common widespread threats from predation and fishing gear across its range.
Bycatch species
Demochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Fishing Gear
Gillnets
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