We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian
artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured …

Several species of small cetaceans are captured by fishermen in Peruvian coastal waters
and used for human consumption. A large directed fishery exists for one species, the dusky …

Information on small cetacean mortality in Peruvian fisheries is reviewed for the 1990–1993
period, ie after the national ban on cetacean exploitation. Most ports along the Peruvian …

The small cetacean catch by artisanal fishermen in Peru was the subject of a IUCN/UNEP
project in 1985–1986. In a follow-up study during 1987 we monitored the port of Pucusana …

In 1988 and 1989 we monitored the fish terminal of Pucusana, central Peru, for 259 and 233
days respectively, and observed 1,613 and 1,292 small cetaceans landed. The estimated …

Between 1991 and the present, we have had observers stationed at the port of San Juan in
southern Peru to interview fishers as they landed their catch. They observed the landings of …

Bycatch of marine fauna by small-scale (artisanal) fisheries is an important anthropogenic
mortality source to several species of cetaceans, including humpback whales and …

The conservation status of small cetaceans has significantly worsened since the 1980s,
when the baiji was the only species of small cetacean listed as Endangered by IUCN. Now …

Of 722 cetaceans captured mostly in multi-filament gillnets and landed at Cerro Azul, central
Peru, in 87 days during January–August 1994, 82· 7% were dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus …

During 1993, a study was carried out to try to estimate the incidental mortality of small
cetaceans in gillnets of artisanal fishermen along the coast of Ecuador. Two ports were …