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Author Anaïs Janc, Christophe Guinet, David Pinaud, Gaëtan Richard, Pascal Monestiez, Paul Tixier doi  openurl
  Title Fishing behaviours and fisher effect in decision-making processes when facing depredation by marine predators Type Journal
  Year (down) 2021 Publication Fisheries Management and Ecology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 28 Issue 6 Pages 528-541  
  Keywords experience individual perceptions optimal foraging theory skipper behaviour sustainability of fish stocks whale–fisheries interactions  
  Abstract Fishers aim to optimise cost–benefit ratios of their behaviour when exploiting resources. Avoidance of interactions with marine predators (i.e. their feeding on catches in fishing gear, known as depredation) has recently become an important component of their decisions. How fishers minimise these interactions whilst maximising fishing success is poorly understood. This issue is addressed in a sub-Antarctic, long-line fishery confronted with extensive depredation by sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus and killer whales Orcinus orca by examining a 15-year data set. Whereas a broad range of behaviours was identified from spatio-temporal and operational descriptors, none combined high fishing success with low frequency of interactions. With experience, fishers favoured exploitation of productive patches with high frequencies of interactions over avoidance behaviours. Such decisions, although potentially optimal in the short term, are likely to intensify pressures on fish stocks and impact depredating whales. Therefore, the present study provides additional evidence to inform management decisions pertaining to the coexistence between fisheries and marine predators.  
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  ISSN 1365-2400 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 8307  
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