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Habituation to an acoustic harassment device (AHD) by killer whales depredating demersal longlines

2015
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Tixier, Gasco, N., Duhamel, G. and Guinet, C.

Acoustic harassment devices (AHDs) have been increasingly implemented in various fisheries that suffer significant losses caused by odontocete depredation. However, the efficacy of AHDs to deter...
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Keywords: Acoustic harassment device AHD, Depredation, Killer whales, Longline ?sheries

Acoustic and diving behaviour of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) during natural and depredation foraging in the Gulf of Alaska

2012
Pay-walled/Intertek link Peer Reviewed Publication

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Mathias, D., Thode, A., Straley, J., Calambokidis, J. et al.

Sperm whales have depredated black cod (Anoplopoma fimbria) from demersal longlines in the Gulf of Alaska for decades, but the behavior has recently spread in intensity...
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Keywords: Acoustics, Depredation, Diving, Sperm whales