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Large Whale Restraint
Collaborators:
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, New England Aquarium, Michael Walsh, U FLorida, Gainesvill Veterinary School
We have been investigating chemical and physical tools to faciliate and enhance the safety of large whale restraint during efforts to remove entangling fishing gear. Two workshops have resulted. Reports from the first and second workshops may be downloaded. http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/mmoore/Feb29_2000_MedicalIntervention.pdf http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/mmoore/Dec14_2001_DisentanglementWorkshopReport.pdf
2010 Moore M, Walsh M, Bailey J, Brunson D, Gulland F, Landry S, Mattila D, Mayo C, Slay C, Smith J, Rowles T Sedation at Sea of Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) to Enhance Disentanglement. PLoS ONE 5:e9597 http://dx.doi.org/9510.1371%9592Fjournal.pone.0009597
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