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The authors compiled fishing effort data from a nearly 20 year period across 18 different longline, gillnet and purse seine fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean in order to assess/model vulnerability of leatherback sea turtles to fishing impacts under 70 different conservation management measure (CMM) scenarios. To do this, a new ecological risk assessment approach, the Ecological Assessment for the Sustainable Impacts of Fisheries (EASI-Fish), was used.

The authors compiled fishing effort data from a nearly 20 year period across 18 different longline, gillnet and purse seine fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean in order to assess/model vulnerability of leatherback sea turtles to fishing impacts under 70 different conservation management measure (CMM) scenarios. To do this, a new ecological risk assessment approach, the Ecological Assessment for the Sustainable Impacts of Fisheries (EASI-Fish), was used.

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This paper reports on an unusual mortality event (UME) of healthy, nourished, male Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

This study used systemic scar analysis to estimate the frequency of non-lethal entanglements among humpback whales off the coast of Iceland from 2005-2017. Results demonstrate that at least 24.8% of individuals had prior entanglement(s) when first encountered, and then subsequently acquired new entanglement-related injuries at an averafe rate of 1.9% per year; however, scar-based estimates usually underestimate the frequency of prior entanglements. At least some entanglements seem to have occurred locally. 

The authors conducted field studies off the coast of Iceland to measure the response of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) in their feeding grounds to a whale pinger and seal scarer (acoustic deterrents). Results indicate that whale pingers caused a significant increase in humpback swimming speed and a significant decrease in surface feeding, and that seal scarers caused no significant, consistent behavioral changes.

The authors conducted field studies off the coast of Iceland to measure the response of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) in their feeding grounds to a whale pinger and seal scarer (acoustic deterrents). Results indicate that whale pingers caused a significant increase in humpback swimming speed and a significant decrease in surface feeding, and that seal scarers caused no significant, consistent behavioral changes.

The authors conducted field studies off the coast of Iceland to measure the response of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) in their feeding grounds to a whale pinger and seal scarer (acoustic deterrents). Results indicate that whale pingers caused a significant increase in humpback swimming speed and a significant decrease in surface feeding, and that seal scarers caused no significant, consistent behavioral changes.

The authors conducted field studies off the coast of Iceland to measure the response of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) in their feeding grounds to a whale pinger and seal scarer (acoustic deterrents). Results indicate that whale pingers caused a significant increase in humpback swimming speed and a significant decrease in surface feeding, and that seal scarers caused no significant, consistent behavioral changes.

The authors conducted field studies off the coast of Iceland to measure the response of humpback whales (Megaptera noveangliae) in their feeding grounds to a whale pinger and seal scarer (acoustic deterrents). Results indicate that whale pingers caused a significant increase in humpback swimming speed and a significant decrease in surface feeding, and that seal scarers caused no significant, consistent behavioral changes.