Spatial overlap between South American fur seal foraging effort and commercial trawl fisheries in the Falkland Islands

Spatial overlap between South American fur seal foraging effort and commercial trawl fisheries in the Falkland Islands

Interactions between seals and commercial fisheries can pose a significant threat to the conservation status of seal populations. In the Falkland Islands, home to over 50 % of the global South American fur seal (SAFS) population, there has been a dramatic (∼ 900 %) increase in the number of SAFS-fis...

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Main Authors: Javed Riaz, Rachael A. Orben, Kayleigh A. Jones, Megan Shapiro, Andreas Winter, Paul Brickle, Alastair M.M. Baylis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Foraging behaviour
Seal-fishery interaction
Spatial overlap
Fisheries
South American fur seal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423002500

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