Report of the workshop on interactions between cetaceans and longline fisheries, Apia, Samoa, November 2002

Abstract

The problem of depredation by cetaceans on longline gear occurs worldwide, and has been recorded in a wide range of longline fisheries dating to at least the early 1950s. Depredation was defined in the context of this workshop as “ the removal of hooked fish or bait from longlines by cetaceans.” This was distinguished from predation, which was defined as “the taking of freeswimming fish (or other organisms) by cetaceans.”