There’s a lot more in our paper and I hope you will give it a read! It is open-access

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We found some other interesting things, such as the fact that killer whales depredate at least 30 species of fish from commercial fisheries!

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There is no one-size-fits-all solution for addressing fishery interactions with killer whales; however, we can enhance our approach by incorporating more concepts from the social sciences.

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Both interaction types can result in injury or death for killer whales, but they differ in their economic impacts on fisheries and the risk of fisher retaliation.

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Killer whale interactions with fisheries are widespread; they occur in all oceans and involve various gear types (but especially longlines).

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We found that killer whales interactions could be broadly split into two main types: depredation (removal of catch or bait directly from gear) and commensalism (feeding on spilled catch/bycatch/discards/other animals attracted to fishing activities)

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We reviewed 69 papers from 1963-2024 to get a better understanding of where and how killer whales interact with commercial fisheries around the world, as well as identify knowledge gaps and policy/management options.

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Their saddle patches (the gray area behind the fin) vary from one individual to the next (within and among populations) so I just tried to include a variety for visual purposes :)