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This study represents the first systematic approach to the postmortem investigation of fishery interactions in stranded cetaceans in the Canary Islands. Three types of fishery interactions were recognized by gross findings: bycatch, chronic entanglements,...

A group of 18-20 short-finned pilot whales stranded in Asturias, Spain’s northern coast on tuesday, 28th of september. Nine stranded pilot whales died the first day while the others were still alive. Local authorities...

These guidelines are intended to provide fisheries managers at any level, as well as those who work with fisheries to improve their sustainability, with best practice methodology on the safe and humane handling and...

The recent increase in documented sightings along the Israeli coud be interpretate as residual fragments of a widely distributed population once frequenting the coasts of the entire Levantine Sea. Anotner possible explanation is the...

Since July there have been interactions between orcas and mainly sailing vessels around the Iberian Peninsula, as far as we know it all started in southern Spain. According to witnesses, normally the animals go...

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is of the most heavily affected species by Bycatch. First large-scale use of pingers was made during standard turbot fishing operations in Bulgarian waters of Black Sea in 2019. Bycatch...

Tissue toxicant concentrations and pathology data from 83 odontocetes that stranded in the southeastern United States during 2012–2018 was evaluated in this study. Arsenic, mercury and other chemicals from the burning of fossil fuels...

2 sperm whales have been seen trapped in nets the last week. One was seen near the Eolian islands, and the other in the Strait of Gibraltar. Both videos show a sperm whale trapped...

https://accobams.org This fin whale, well known to experts in the ACCOBAMS area since it has been photographed several times, appears thinned and weakened, with numerous parasites, following the loss of its tail fin last...