Dear MARMAM community, We are delighted to announce the publication of our paper in Marine Mammal Science Pardalou A, Tsikliras AC (2020) Factors influencing dolphin depredation in coastal fisheries of the northern Aegean Sea: Implications on defining mitigation measures. Mar Mam Sci: 1-24. doi:10.1111/mms.12702
Abstract Dolphin interactions with coastal fisheries are of major concern, reportedly leading to gear damage, which increases the cost of coastal fishing globally and in the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of this study was to determine the effect that gear, target species, mesh size, depth, soaking duration, fishing area, and season have on net depredation frequency and to offer insights on possible mitigation solutions. From November 2013 to February 2016 we monitored 107 active coastal fishers in 22 ports of the northern Aegean Sea coastline, identified the main target species of the fishery and recorded the damages on gill nets and trammel nets caused by dolphins, mainly the common bottlenose dolphin (*Tursiops truncatus*). Quasi-binomial generalized linear models were used to determine the relationship between the examined factors and depredation frequency. The analysis revealed that the gears mostly depredated were gill nets and trammel nets with small mesh sizes, mainly targeting surmullet (*Mullus surmuletus*), red mullet (*Mullus barbatus*), common sole (*Solea solea*), European hake (*Merluccius merluccius*), and the caramote prawn (*Melicertus kerathurus*). The probability of depredation was also significantly dependent on the fishing area. The full paper may become available upon request at apardalou[@]bio[.]auth[.]gr Androniki Pardalou PhD Student in Fisheries Biology Laboratory of Ichthyology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Orchid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0337 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Androniki Pardalou PhD Student in Fisheries Biology Laboratory of Ichthyology, School of Biology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki UP Box 134, University Campus 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece Tel. : +30 2310 998268 Fax : +30 2310 998279 Skype : pardalou Email : aparda...@bio.auth.gr Webpage : http://fishlab.bio.auth.gr ---------------------------------------------------------------
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