Tagged: bycatch

Dolphin researchers say NZ’s proposed protection plan is flawed and misleading - Making Waves

Otago Marine Science • Jul 01, 2019 •

• bycatch,
• conservation,
• dolphins,
• fishing,
• Hector's dolphins,
• marine mammals,
• Maui dolphins

Elisabeth Slooten and Steve Dawson The New Zealand government recently proposed a plan to manage what it considers to be threats to Hector’s dolphins, an endemic species found only in coastal waters. This includes the North Island subspecies Māui dolphin. Māui dolphins are critically endangered and Hector’s dolphins are endangered. With only an estimated 57 Māui dolphins left, … Read More

Radar-sensing albatrosses could become ‘patrollers of the Southern Ocean’ - News

John Kerr • Jun 21, 2017 •

• albatross,
• birds,
• bycatch,
• fisheries,
• fishing,
• illegal fishing,
• radar

New technology which tracks how much time seabirds spend around fishing vessels could be recruited into the fight against illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean. The use of GPS trackers to chart the travels of wildlife is not exactly new, but developments in animal tracking now allow researchers to not only see where animals are, but also who else might … Read More