ebb, INTERNATIONAL INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION eT The Indian‘@cean Bubble ® Tague No December 2015 First Cruise-IIOE-2 ee ate ete ee ree Petri Cee ee Cos Se ets Se eer nen rent et ee eos reyDare to Care - Conservation Awareness Occurrence of Cetacean bycatch in igh ea gilietting and status of mitigation measurein India 5. Mubaed Soe, So Ta, Pn aden Cautions Map en sO “eontieintonoeiyalae ferences ae eh di theres ppg gern al the costal states ofa, Recent high se iinet fishermen have started haiog thing pts to eran startet a day operations extending up to45 days. Conventionally, polyamide (PA) muttflament _are used for fabrication of gles in India and High Density Polyethylene (HOPE) has, ‘become popular for large mesh giles along with PA Gillnets are aso considered ‘to be the main gear responsible for cetacean bycatch in the country, An All India sae vas edt ot ga dg 272203, amet dn _and operational aspect of mechanised fishing sector The survey team interviewed ‘fishermen of all coastal villages and landing centres. The incidental mortality of marine mammals in fishing gear was observed along the coastal bet of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Odisha, where the maximum concentration of high sea gilnetting occurs, These ances seo he tig pcan get nk chang pate of operational aa whee matin manna aundances mo ate ‘the two factors response for tacan bycatch. Simply put etaean ach is ‘enpeced tocaria araswhere gilts doinat. However te study dnt abr on techniques reducing the neal atch ofmarine mama get sees, Pucty of information ate on tycath scat with inet fubes thoughout the Indian oat so des ot ll acre qantiicatn of bycatch that an be abut spectcaly to gine ves targeting tna and ta ie ‘pedis thaughaprevusestimae sap that artisanal cs gine fishies cach apraxia 9000- O00 invitual cetaceans ea yearloesaet a 208, is ty ops the we of ace sound miter pingesin seve lines shes trout the wooed bycatch of small cetaear, andar to ede deredation by pis in gilts The inges ier dtr th animals om the nto alt them othe es. meter cs, the Fingers hv en show ore etangement and death of eel pin and porpoise spies. Marne mammals ave exelent having and we sur in aus aysinthe ocean toravgat and commit. 2s Aisi ine tiple bya reduction tough the cost snc faemen ae not reat se the exact numberof mortality of cetaceans encour in the i sven a sre centres espe Sine cetaceans such spins ay ‘be tive bythe fis for fod and bit tracts othe et. isinended that seas and poly makes ay tie the infomation provid hee to Pre and inform research, management, and mitigation of mane mamma bycatch in thigh seas of the nan EZ, Gp erento of pil pig Poposedisndiated in fig? and igh ea ints istate nin Fa.