Whaling has decimated North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) since the
11 th century and southern right whales E. australis (SRW) since the 19 th century. Today …

Gillnets and traps often are considered to have fewer holistic environmental impacts than
active fishing gears. However, in addition to the targeted catches, gillnets and traps still …

The establishment of protected corridors linking the breeding and foraging grounds of many
migratory species remains deficient, particularly in the world's oceans. For example …

Bycatch is the most significant threat to marine mammals globally. There are increasing
requirements for national governments to fulfil their obligations to international agreements …

The following article discusses how to elicit quantitative stakeholder driven scenarios as an
output for use in interdisciplinary policy models using Systems Thinking and Bayesian Belief …

The use of small cetaceans as bait is a practice that has been reported worldwide, affecting
the conservation status of vulnerable species. In Peru specifically, it has been documented …

Bycatch mortality is a significant driver of marine mammal population declines. However,
there is little information available on patterns or magnitude of bycatch mortality in many …

We analysed the fishermen's perceptions on the South American sea lions (Otaria
flavescens) and its interactions with the local fishery close to the Wildlife Refuge of Ilha dos …

Human Ecology studies have shown the importance of the local knowledge that fishery
communities have for providing information on the relationship between fishery and …

Studies have documented the importance of understanding the traditional knowledge of
artisanal fishermen regarding fishery-cetacean interactions. In this paper, we identified the …