OPPORTUNISTIC CETACEAN SIGHTINGS AND FISHERIES IN THE WATERS OF EASTERN KAMCHATKA AND WESTERN BERING SEA IN 2003–2017
https://doi.org/10.15853/2072-8212.2019.54.46-57
Abstract
Analysis of published sources and own data on the intensity of fisheries and records of cetaceans in the Western Bering Sea and Eastern Kamchatka from 2003 to 2017 was conducted. Cetaceans were observed throughout the aquatic area mentioned, and the highest number of records were made between the coast of Kamchatka and the Commander Islands and around the islands. The most intensive fisheries operated on the shelf off Cape Navarin. In view of cancellation of the drift nets fishing, overlapping between the areas of intense fishing by all fishing gear and the sites of associated records of cetaceans does not exist for major part of the area considered.
About the Authors
O. A. Belonovich
Kamchatka Branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (“KamchatNIRO”)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
T. S. Shulezhko
Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Institute of Geography FEB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. N. Burkanov
Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Institute of Geography FEB RAS; National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NMFS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Belonovich O.A., Shulezhko T.S., Burkanov V.N. OPPORTUNISTIC CETACEAN SIGHTINGS AND FISHERIES IN THE WATERS OF EASTERN KAMCHATKA AND WESTERN BERING SEA IN 2003–2017. The researches of the aquatic biological resources of Kamchatka and the North-West Part of the Pacific Ocean. 2019;1(54):46-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15853/2072-8212.2019.54.46-57
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