Tag: fishermen

November 8, 2017

JWM: Fishermen alter dingo foraging behavior

When Eloïse Déaux spent time on a beach on Australia’s Fraser Island, she noticed that dingoes (Canis dingo) behaved differently when fishermen were around. “When fishermen were standing there and...

March 22, 2017

USFWS rule ending ‘otter-free’ zone upheld by federal judge

 In 1986, Congress authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to regularly remove and relocate federally threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from an “otter-free” management zone south of...