Publications by authors named "Dave Dowie"
Mar Pollut Bull
July 2004
Article Synopsis
- Australian governments and fishing industry associations have implemented guiding principles to minimize the effects of fishing on non-target species and raise community awareness about these efforts.
- Despite these initiatives, an analysis of entanglement data from Australian sea lions and New Zealand fur seals indicated that entanglement rates have not decreased in recent years, with rates recorded as 1.3% and 0.9% respectively.
- The main sources of entanglement were identified as monofilament gillnets from shark fisheries for sea lions and debris such as packing tape and trawl net fragments from rock lobster fisheries for fur seals, leading to an estimated annual death toll of 1,478 seals in Australia.
