Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Technical mitigation to reduce marine mammal bycatch and entanglement in commercial fishing gear: lessons learnt and future directions

S Hamilton, GB Baker - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2019 - Springer
Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations. A literature
review was undertaken to provide a comprehensive assessment and synopsis of gear …

High abundances of microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments: evidence from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

EM Cunningham, SM Ehlers, JTA Dick… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Plastic pollution in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has been recorded in scientific
literature since the 1980s; however, the presence of microplastic particles (< 5 mm) is less …

When large marine predators feed on fisheries catches: global patterns of the depredation conflict and directions for coexistence

P Tixier, MA Lea, MA Hindell, D Welsford… - Fish and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable mitigation of human–wildlife conflicts has become a major societal and
environmental challenge globally. Among these conflicts, large marine predators feeding on …

Shark depredation in commercial and recreational fisheries

JD Mitchell, DL McLean, SP Collin… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2018 - Springer
Shark depredation, where a shark partially or completely consumes an animal caught by
fishing gear before it can be retrieved to the fishing vessel, occurs in commercial and …

Estimating stock status from relative abundance and resilience

R Froese, H Winker, G Coro, N Demirel… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Law of the Sea and regional and national laws and agreements require
exploited populations or stocks to be managed so that they can produce maximum …

The effects of noise on animals

C Erbe, ML Dent, WL Gannon, RD McCauley… - … animal behavior through …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter describes the effects of noise on animals in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
Potential adverse effects cover a range of behavioral changes and physiological responses …

The global extent and severity of operational interactions between conflicting pinnipeds and fisheries

J Jackson, WNS Arlidge, R Oyanedel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent population recovery of many pinniped species (seals, sea lions, walrus) is a
conservation success. However, pinniped population recovery combined with increasing …

Local drivers of change in Southern Ocean ecosystems: human activities and policy implications

SM Grant, CL Waller, SA Morley… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Local drivers are human activities or processes that occur in specific locations, and cause
physical or ecological change at the local or regional scale. Here, we consider marine and …

Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale

JR Towers, P Tixier, KA Ross, J Bennett… - ICES Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Depredation of demersal longlines by killer and sperm whales is a widespread behaviour
that impacts fisheries and whale populations. To better understand how depredating whales …