Predicting the population‐level impact of mitigating harbor porpoise bycatch with pingers and time‐area fishing closures

Abstract Unintentional mortality of higher trophic‐level species in commercial fisheries (bycatch) represents a major conservation concern as it may influence the long‐term persistence of populations. An increasingly common strategy to mitigate bycatch of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), a smal...

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Main Authors: Floris M. vanBeest, Lotte Kindt‐Larsen, Francois Bastardie, Valerio Bartolino, Jacob Nabe‐Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-04-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1785