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Bycatch assessment of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) and other megafauna in artisanal fisheries of the Caribbean
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Date de publication : 01/01/2014
Within the framework of the Action Plan for the conservation of marine mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region and the regional Management Plan for the West Indian manatee, the SPAW-RAC has iniated a study on one of the main threat region-wide for the West Indian manatee : bycatch and vessel strikes. This study, the "Manatee Bycatch Pilot Project" consists in a questionnaire that has been submitted to fishermen in Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Mexico.
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