Does Community Surveillance Mitigate by-Catch Risk to Coastal Cetaceans? Insights From Salmon Poaching and Bottlenose Dolphins in Scotland

James RA Butler, Simon A McKelvey, Iain AG McMyn, Ben Leyshon, Robert J Reid and Paul M Thompson
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James RA Butler: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia
Simon A McKelvey: Conon District Salmon Fishery Board, UK
Iain AG McMyn: Kyle of Sutherland District Salmon Fishery Board, UK
Ben Leyshon: Scottish Natural Heritage, UK
Robert J Reid: Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services Division (Inverness), UK
Paul M Thompson: University of Aberdeen, UK

Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 17-28

Abstract: By-catch in gill net fisheries is a major threat to populations of small coastal cetaceans, but there are no published examples of communities tackling illegal fisheries responsible for by-catch. In the Inner Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Scotland, protected bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) were caught in poachers’ gill nets set for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and sea trout (S. trutta) in the 1990s. In response, the 2001 SAC management plan recommended the implementation of an experimental community-based poaching surveillance scheme. ‘Operation Fish Net’ (OFN) was established in 2002 as a partnership between statutory and non-statutory stakeholders in dolphin conservation, marine wildlife tourism and salmon fisheries. OFN mobilised tourists and local communities to report illegal netting activity to statutory authorities for investigation

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DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2017.03.555603

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