Scientists Recommend Better Management of False Killer Whale Impacts in Hawaii Fishery
Longline fishery impacts to false killer whales may be greatly overestimated and a revision to how impacts are measured could help the deep-set longline fleet keep fishing, according to new findings.
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's Statistical Committee adopted recommendations to improve the management of impacts to false killer whales in the Hawai‘i deep-set longline fishery when it met last week. The issues paper from an SSC working group ...
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