2023
DOI: 10.1111/eth.13419
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Non‐lunge feeding behaviour of humpback whales associated with fishing boats in Norway

Takashi Iwata,
Kagari Aoki,
Patrick J. O. Miller
et al.

Abstract: Top marine predators, such as odontocetes, pinnipeds, and seabirds, are known to forage around fishing boats as fishermen aggregate and/or discard their prey. Recently, incidents of humpback whales interacting with fishing boats have been reported. However, whether humpback whales utilise discard fish as a food source and how they forage around fishing boats is unknown. This study reports, for the first time, the foraging behaviour of a humpback whale around fishing boats. Three whales were tagged using a suct… Show more

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