Raquel Puig-Lozano, Antonio Fernández, Eva Sierra, Pedro Saavedra, Cristian M Suárez-Santana, Jesús De la Fuente, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Ana Godinho, Natalia García-Álvarez, Daniele Zucca, Aina Xuriach, Marina Arregui, Idaira Felipe-Jiménez, Francesco Consoli, Pablo J Díaz-Santana, Simone Segura-Göthlin, Nakita Câmara, Miguel A Rivero, Simona Sacchini, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Manuel Arbelo
Estimating cetacean interactions with fishery activities is challenging. Bycatch and chronic entanglements are responsible for thousands of cetacean deaths per year globally. This study represents the first systematic approach to the postmortem investigation of fishery interactions in stranded cetaceans in the Canary Islands. We retrospectively studied 586 cases necropsied between January 2000 and December 2018. Of the cases with a known cause of death, 7.4% (32/453) were due to fishery interactions, and the Atlantic spotted dolphin ( Stenella frontalis ) was the most affected species [46...
2020: Frontiers in Veterinary Science