Frequency of Injuries from Line Entanglements, Killer Whales, and Ship Strikes on Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas Bowhead Whales

C. George, John; Sheffield, Gay; J. Reed, Daniel; Tudor, Barbara; Stimmelmayr, Raphaela; T. Person, Brian; L. Sformo, Todd; Suydam, Robert

doi:10.14430/arctic4631

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Frequency of Injuries from Line Entanglements, Killer Whales, and Ship Strikes on Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas Bowhead Whales

Published in ARCTIC • Mar 1, 2017

Authors:

John C. George

Gay Sheffield

Daniel J. Reed

Abstract

We analyzed scarring data for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) Seas bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) harvested by Alaska Native hunters to quantify the frequency of line entanglement, ship strikes, and killer whale-inflicted injuries. We had 904 records in our database for whales landed between 1990...

Subject

Whale

Fishery

Beaufort scale

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