Numerous marine taxa become entangled in anthropogenic marine debris, including
cartilaginous fishes (class: Chondrichthyes, eg elasmobranchs [sharks, skates and rays] …

Entanglement in fishing gear is a significant threat to many cetaceans. For the 2 largest
species, the blue whale Balaenoptera musculus and the fin whale B. physalus, reports of …

Entanglement of animals is one of the main environmental impacts of waste plastic. A 2015
review of entanglement records found that the proportion of affected seabirds increased from …

The quantification of entanglements of megafauna with plastic debris at sea is difficult to
assess for several reasons, such as detection and reporting biases. We used standardized …

In recent years, Australian governments and fishing industry associations have developed
guiding principles aimed at reducing the impact of fishing on non-target species and the …

Entanglement in anthropogenic debris poses a threat to marine wildlife. Although this is
recognised as a cause of marine turtle mortality, there remain quantitative knowledge gaps …

Assessments of fisheries interactions with non-target species are crucial for quantifying
anthropogenic threatening processes and informing management action. We perform the …

Entanglement in marine debris has been internationally recognised as a potential threat to
marine species. Sightings records and a photo identification catalogue from a haul out site in …

Methods of calculating wildlife entanglement rates are not standardised between studies
and often ignore the influence of observer effort, confounding comparisons. From 1997 …

Marine debris is a global issue that can have devastating impacts on marine mammals. To
understand the types of materials that result in entanglement and thus the potential impact of …