There is a widely recognized need to understand and reduce the incidental effects of marine
fishing on non-target animals. Previous research on marine bycatch has largely focused on …

We succinctly review and document new cases of diseases of the skin and the skeletal
system and external traumata in cetaceans from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina …

Pathological changes in the organs and tissues of beach-stranded, net-caught or captive
small odontocete cetaceans (whales and dolphins) are reported. These changes include …

A group of 51 cetaceans that had been stranded alive on the coasts of the Canary Islands,
experienced human capture/rescue interactions and then died, were necropsied over a 12 …

Each year, many cetaceans die from accidental capture in fishing gear. Despite intense
study in some species, we know little about levels of bycatch and entanglement in most of …

The prevalence of small cetacean (including dolphins, porpoises and small odontocete
whales) bycatch in fisheries worldwide remains an ongoing conservation and welfare …

Estimating cetacean interactions with fishery activities is challenging. Bycatch and chronic
entanglements are responsible for thousands of cetacean deaths per year globally. This …

Despite the profound impact that skeletal muscle disorders may pose for the daily activities
of wild terrestrial and marine mammals, such conditions have been rarely described in …

The semi-enclosed environment of the St Vincent Gulf Bioregion and its fauna are impacted
by many human activities. Long-term monitoring of cetaceans is vital. Records of collected …

Simple Summary Free-living cetaceans are threatened, daily, by a wide variety of stressful
situations. An example is provided by live-stranding, in which a cetacean is alive on the …