The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Collisions with vessels are a well-documented conservation problem for some populations
of large whales (LW) in the Northern Hemisphere. Less attention has been given to incidents …

By-catch is one of the most significant issues affecting fisheries management today.
Incidental mortality of species which are long-lived and have low reproductive rates is a …

G reetings. This publication represents over three years of work by dozens of people around
the world, many of whom-like you-are MPA managers or practitioners of marine …

Cetaceans interact with trawls to an undetermined extent. A preliminary review of global
data indicates that individuals of 25 cetacean species (two mysticete, 23 odontocete) have …

Food habits of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) off Patagonia were studied
by means of stomach content analysis. The samples were collected during 1982–1987 and …

Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea are probably as old
as the first human attempts to catch fish with a net. Countless leports and artefacts from the …

This study examined sex‐specific differences in home range size of adult Indo‐Pacific
bottlenose dolphins off Bunbury, Western Australia. We applied a new kernel density …

Several populations of odontocete cetaceans, including at least 19 species, have modified
their behavior and adapted to foraging in association with trawlers. We review information …

In this work we would define an historical arrangement of the state of knowledge regarding
the ecological impact of anthropogenic litter on marine mammals, assessing the role of …