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Human Interactions and Impacts - 2008 Reports

Sarasota dolphins serve as model for evaluating fates of dolphins injured in fisheries

Jan 19, 2008 No comments

NOAA’s Fisheries Service (NMFS) is charged under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) with responsibility for reducing deaths and serious injuries of marine mammals from fisheries. NMFS is tasked with determining whether injuries from entanglement in, or ingestion of, commercial fishing gear, or other interactions with humans are likely to lead to mortality. The [...]

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Dolphin-friendly fishing tips — Help protect wild dolphins while fishing

Jan 12, 2008 No Comments

As is evident from the previous two articles, dolphin interactions with recreational fishing gear are on the rise. Here are some tips to help maintain your bait, catch and gear, while helping to prevent serious or even fatal injuries to dolphins and other sea life. These “best fishing practices” were developed through the efforts of [...]

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Assessing angler knowledge and experience with fishing line debris and wildlife interactions at the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier

Jan 10, 2008 No Comments

Our pilot project on the South Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier in 2006 demonstrated that the problem of dolphins stealing bait and catch from angler’s lines was worse than we expected. In addition, a lack of monofilament recycling bins resulted in a littering problem, allowing potentially-entangling fishing line and tackle to get into the waters surrounding [...]

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Depredation and Fishing Interactions Involving Bottlenose Dolphins

Jan 01, 2008 No Comments

Over the past few years, the dolphins of Sarasota Bay and elsewhere in the southeastern United States have been increasingly engaged in depredation, the act of stealing or damaging a prey item already captured by some other process such as fishing. Dolphins are stealing bait or catch off fishing lines from piers or boats, stalking [...]

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