Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch / Mooney, T. Aran

Public ISBD Faire une suggestion d'achat Titre : Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Mooney, T. Aran, Auteur Importance : pp. 1324-1332 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle Résumé : Small cetaceans are incidental bycatch in gillnet fisheries. Dolphin and porpoise bycatch has been reduced by the use of barium sulphate-enhanced gillnets. This decreased entanglement is likely the result of either higher acoustic reflectivity or greater stiffness for barium nets. To address these variables, our study quantified the acoustic reflectivity and stiffness of six net types including barium sulphate, iron oxide-enhanced and control demersal gillnets of sizes which typically target cod (Cactus morhua) and monkfish (Lophius americanus). Acoustic reflectivity, or target strength (IS), was assessed using dolphin and porpoise-like sonar signals from to 40. TS values were used to calculate likely detection ranges. Barium sulphate- and iron oxide-enhanced nets showed increased reflectivity compared with control nets, with the barium sulphate nets generating the highest TS values. Dolphins should detect these nets in time to avoid contact, but porpoises, with typically lower source levels, may not detect nets at a range great enough to avoid entanglement. Barium sulphate line was significantly stiffer than comparable nylon line. All lines lost stiffness when soaked in seawater for 24 h. Barium sulphate nets proved stiffer and more acoustically reflective, and both factors are likely important in reducing harbour porpoise bycatch. Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch [texte imprimé] / Mooney, T. Aran, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - pp. 1324-1332. Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 508 Voyages et relevés scientifiques. Histoire naturelle Résumé : Small cetaceans are incidental bycatch in gillnet fisheries. Dolphin and porpoise bycatch has been reduced by the use of barium sulphate-enhanced gillnets. This decreased entanglement is likely the result of either higher acoustic reflectivity or greater stiffness for barium nets. To address these variables, our study quantified the acoustic reflectivity and stiffness of six net types including barium sulphate, iron oxide-enhanced and control demersal gillnets of sizes which typically target cod (Cactus morhua) and monkfish (Lophius americanus). Acoustic reflectivity, or target strength (IS), was assessed using dolphin and porpoise-like sonar signals from to 40. TS values were used to calculate likely detection ranges. Barium sulphate- and iron oxide-enhanced nets showed increased reflectivity compared with control nets, with the barium sulphate nets generating the highest TS values. Dolphins should detect these nets in time to avoid contact, but porpoises, with typically lower source levels, may not detect nets at a range great enough to avoid entanglement. Barium sulphate line was significantly stiffer than comparable nylon line. All lines lost stiffness when soaked in seawater for 24 h. Barium sulphate nets proved stiffer and more acoustically reflective, and both factors are likely important in reducing harbour porpoise bycatch.

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