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The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve- a habitat for Thornyback Rays
Introduction: Methods: The samples were carried out using both entanglement nets and beach seine nets. In some cases specimens were captured manually. The entanglement nets were set perpendicular to the tidal flow of water for ...
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Marine Debris and Pollution
Effects of Marine Debris on Wildlife Entanglement can either constrict growth and circulation, causing eventual slow death, or trap marine animals within ... containers. The second most common form of waste was rope, cord and partial sections of nets, presumably from fishing and shipping activities. A high level of sanitary waste was found, highlighting ...
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The Northern Right Whale
Other threats include entrapment and/or entanglement in certain types of fishing gear, habitat degradation and reduction, and disturbance from vessels ... . Fishing gear that entrap and entangle whales include deep sea lobster lines, ropes, seine nets, fish weirs, and gillnets. Six percent of known right whale deaths between 1970 and ...
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Ocean Alliance - WHALE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE - Conservation
Along with the menace posed by the imminent resumption of commercial whaling and illegal drift-nets, whales and marine mammals in general must also endure the less understood threats of ocean ... Marine Mammal Protection Act, which at present does not adequately address the issue of whale entanglement in fishing gear. Changing minds The Ocean Alliance sees an unlimited moratorium on whaling as ...
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SoundNet - Cetaceans Fight For Survival, Against Man-Made Odds
The right whale faces collisions with cargo ships and entanglement in fishing nets as it commutes up and down the eastern U.S. coast between New England ... , and environmentalists has come up with modifications to lobster gear and gill nets to reduce the risk of entanglement. Whales may be among the first animals to feel the effects of ozone ...
www.oceania.org.au

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Rescue Techniques
Generally, actively fished, fixed fishing gear like gill nets and lobster pots are anchored in a given spot and retrieved or harvested soon ... conservation groups, has formed gear modification teams to find solutions to the initial problem of entanglement. PCCS clearly recognizes that the whale rescue program is not a conservation strategy- keeping whales ...
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Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies | Whale Rescue | Generalized diagram of gillnet
Locally, they are used ... the line connecting either end of a series of monofilament nets or panels. The nets are held in place by weights (often cinder ... (91 meters). Up to ten nets may be joined into one rig. Gear modifications to reduce whale entanglement rates often concentrate on moving ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Freshwater Sawfish
(Carcharhinus leucas) in the Fitzroy River (Western Australia). When entangled in nets, this species becomes particularly vulnerable to predation. · Parasites The parasites Nonacotyle pristis ... sawfish appear to be negatively impacted. In addition, this species is susceptible to entanglement in anthropogenic debris, including discarded fishing line, resulting in injury or possibly death. ...
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Entanglement
Entanglement Entanglement "The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) estimated that in 1989, between 315,000 and a million dolphins were killed in drift nets" (Suzuki, 2004). Entanglement in fishing nets poses a major ... their path. These nets destroy ecosystems and leave a swath of destruction in their wake. They also catch mush more than the target species, posing an entanglement problem. What can ...
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marine turtle entanglement survey
We do not fully understand why leatherbacks entangle in this gear. ... marine turtle conservation programme welcome turtles in the uk report your turtle encounter marine turtle entanglement survey jellyfish survey aerial surveys off cornwall turtles in the uk overseas territories turtles and ...
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