FISHING GEAR INVOLVED IN ENTANGLEMENTS OF RIGHT AND HUMPBACK WHALES

By Amanda Johnson, G. Salvador, J. Kenney, J. Robbins, S. Kraus, S. Landry, P. Clapham. 2005

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A review of marine mammal, sea turtle and seabird bycatch in USA fisheries and the role of policy in shaping management (2009, unknown): “[21–25]).”
Marine mammal bycatch in gillnet and other entangling net fisheries, 1990 to 2011 (2013, background): “For all further details see Table 2 legend Reeves et al.: Marine mammal bycatch 61 humpback and right whale entanglements in fishing gear off eastern North America between 1993 and 2002, the gear type was determined in 36 cases (22 humpback, 14 right) (Johnson et al. 2005).”
US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal stock assessments - 2015 (2016, background): “Incidents of entanglements in waters of Atlantic Canada and the U.S. east coast were summarized by Read (1994) and Johnson et al. (2005).”
Monitoring North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis entanglement rates: a 30 yr retrospective (2012, background): “The last unregulated segment of fixed gear in US water is the vertical buoy lines, which remain a serious entanglement threat to all Knowlton et al.: Right whale entanglement 301 large whales (Johnson et al. 2005).”