Incidental catches of pelagic megafauna by the Dutch pelagic fleet in the Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone during the years 1999 - 2003

This report presents all registered catches of pelagic megafauna by the Dutch pelagic fleet in the Mauritanian Exclusive Economic Zone during the years 1999-2003. ‘By-catches’ incidentally include large species, notably cetaceans, sea turtles, sharks, rays, and some large pelagic fish such as swordfish and ocean sunfish. All observations were made in the framework of different projects of the Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO B.V.) in the area, financed by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management, and Fisheries (LNV) and partly by the Redersvereniging voor Zeevisse... Mehr ...