| patterns of dolphin bycatch in a north-western australian trawl fishery. | the bycatch of small cetaceans in commercial fisheries is a global wildlife management problem. we used data from skippers' logbooks and independent observers to assess common bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus) bycatch patterns between 2003 and 2009 in the pilbara trawl fishery, western australia. both datasets indicated that dolphins were caught in all fishery areas, across all depths and throughout the year. over the entire datasets, observer reported bycatch rates (n = 52 dolphins in 4,1 ... | 2014 | 24695338 |