image: Evidence of fishery interaction in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline: A. By-catch in animal history; B. Presence of fishing gears; C. Larynx entanglement; D. Ingestion; E. Net marks; F. Amputation; G. Penetrating wounds: G1. External view of the penetrating wound; G2. Focus on the penetrating wound; G3. Internal focus of the penetrating wound.
Credit: Pietroluongo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
1 in 8 Italian cetacean strandings show evidence of fishery interactions, with bottlenose and striped dolphins most commonly affected, according to analysis across four decades of data and more than 5,000 strandings
Article URL: http://plos.io/47pWwAl
Article title: Assessing fishery interaction on cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline between 1986 and 2023
Author countries: Italy
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Assessing fishery interaction on cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline between 1986 and 2023
Article Publication Date
17-Sep-2025
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.