scholarly journals Reducing effort in the U.S. American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery to prevent North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) entanglements may support higher profits and long-term sustainability

Marine Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 104017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah J. Myers ◽  
Michael J. Moore
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Homarus Americanus ◽  
Eubalaena Glacialis ◽  
American Lobster ◽  
North Atlantic Right Whale ◽  
Right Whale ◽  
The U.S

Analysis of fecal glucocorticoids in the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

2006 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen E. Hunt ◽  
Rosalind M. Rolland ◽  
Scott D. Kraus ◽  
Samuel K. Wasser
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Eubalaena Glacialis ◽  
North Atlantic Right Whale ◽  
Right Whale ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Fecal Glucocorticoids

Fishing-gear threat to right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Canadian waters and the risk of lethal entanglement

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 2174-2193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelia S.M. Vanderlaan ◽  
R. Kent Smedbol ◽  
Christopher T. Taggart
Keyword(s):  
Relative Risk ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Eubalaena Glacialis ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Fishing Gear ◽  
Critical Habitat ◽  
North Atlantic Right Whale ◽  
Right Whale ◽  
Right Whales

Commercial fishing gear can potentially entangle any whale, and this is especially true for the endangered North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ), for which entanglement is second only to vessel strike as being responsible for documented right whale deaths. We use right whale survey data and Canadian fishing-gear deployment data to estimate the relative threat of gear entanglement in a Scotia–Fundy study area and the relative risk of lethal entanglement in the Bay of Fundy and on Roseway Basin, Scotian Shelf, where Critical Habitat has been legislated. We focus on groundfish and pelagic hook-and-line; groundfish gillnet; and crab-, hagfish-, and inshore and offshore lobster-trap gear. Our analyses demonstrate that groundfish hook-and-line gear poses the greatest threat to right whales among the seven gear types analysed during the summer-resident period in Critical Habitat and that gear from the lobster fisheries poses the greatest threat during the spring and autumn periods when whales are migrating to and from Critical Habitat. We suggest that area-specific seasonal closures of some fisheries would reduce threat and risk to whales without unduly compromising fishing interests.

Observations of a western North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) birth offshore of the protected southeast U.S. critical habitat

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. E234-E240 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Foley ◽  
R. C. Holt ◽  
R. E. Hardee ◽  
P. B. Nilsson ◽  
K. A. Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Eubalaena Glacialis ◽  
Critical Habitat ◽  
North Atlantic Right Whale ◽  
Right Whale

SEASONAL OCCURRENCE OF NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE (EUBALAENA GLACIALIS) VOCALIZATIONS AT TWO SITES ON THE SCOTIAN SHELF

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 856-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Mellinger ◽  
Sharon L. Nieukirk ◽  
Haru Matsumoto ◽  
Sara L. Heimlich ◽  
Robert P. Dziak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
Eubalaena Glacialis ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
North Atlantic Right Whale ◽  
Right Whale
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