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Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch

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Rogan, E; Read, AJ; Berggren, P
Published in: Fish and Fisheries
July 1, 2021

By-catch is the primary global conservation threat to populations of dolphins and porpoises. Despite protection for these protected species under its Habitats Directive, the European Union (EU) has failed to adequately assess and, where necessary, mitigate the by-catch of small cetaceans. Management authority is diffuse, and the EU has no over-arching, quantitative conservation objectives. To address this, we recommend that the EU adopt a comprehensive plan to conserve dolphins and porpoises in European waters. This plan should include regular formal assessments of small cetacean populations, including establishment of quantitative management objectives, generation of estimates of abundance and by-catch mortality, and agreement on biological reference points that will guide management actions to ensure that by-catch does not exceed sustainable levels.

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Fish and Fisheries

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EISSN

1467-2979

ISSN

1467-2960

Publication Date

July 1, 2021

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

865 / 869

Related Subject Headings

  • Fisheries
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 3005 Fisheries sciences
  • 0704 Fisheries Sciences
  • 0602 Ecology
 

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Rogan, E., Read, A. J., & Berggren, P. (2021). Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch. Fish and Fisheries, 22(4), 865–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12556
Rogan, E., A. J. Read, and P. Berggren. “Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch.” Fish and Fisheries 22, no. 4 (July 1, 2021): 865–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12556.
Rogan E, Read AJ, Berggren P. Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch. Fish and Fisheries. 2021 Jul 1;22(4):865–9.
Rogan, E., et al. “Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch.” Fish and Fisheries, vol. 22, no. 4, July 2021, pp. 865–69. Scopus, doi:10.1111/faf.12556.
Rogan E, Read AJ, Berggren P. Empty promises: The European Union is failing to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries by-catch. Fish and Fisheries. 2021 Jul 1;22(4):865–869.
Journal cover image

Published In

Fish and Fisheries

DOI

EISSN

1467-2979

ISSN

1467-2960

Publication Date

July 1, 2021

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

865 / 869

Related Subject Headings

  • Fisheries
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 3005 Fisheries sciences
  • 0704 Fisheries Sciences
  • 0602 Ecology