Marine Telemetry and the Conservation and Management of Risk to Seal Species in Canada and Australia |
| |
| Authors: | Julia Jabour Mary-Anne Lea Simon D Goldsworthy Graeme Melcher Katie Sykes Mark A Hindell |
| |
| Institution: | 1. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia;2. South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, South Australia, Australia;3. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;4. Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
| |
| Abstract: | Marine telemetry expands the knowledge of the biology of marine species at risk: their life cycles, activities, interactions, habitats, and threats. Four seal species in Canada and Australia are faced with distinctive and divergent management problems. This article examines their conservation status, legal protection, and the role that telemetry has played, or could play, in providing previously unavailable information to help meet conservation goals. The value of telemetry data to minimize fisheries mortality of one species has been demonstrated in Australia. Despite there being significant telemetry data for the other species, policy and management have not yet responded. |
| |
| Keywords: | Australian sea lion gray seal marine telemetry northern fur seal southern elephant seal |
|
|
