Human Interactions and Impacts

Dolphin-friendly Fishing and Viewing Tips
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Current Research

• Depredation and fishing interactions involving bottlenose dolphins
• Assessing angler knowledge and experience with fishing line debris and wildlife interactions at the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier
• Dolphin-friendly fishing tips - Help protect wild dolphins while fishing
• Sarasota dolphins serve as model for evaluating fates of dolphins injured in fisheries

Previous Research

• Hearing abilities of bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay 2006
• A pilot project to study bottlenose dolphin depredation of fishing gear off Tampa Bay’s Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier
• At least 2% of long-term resident bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay died from recreational fishing gear in 2006
• Best fishing practices for avoiding interactions with wild dolphins
• Consortium for Mitigating Adverse Human Interactions with Bottlenose Dolphins
• Does Boat Traffic Affect the Way Dolphins Use Sarasota Bay?
• Hearing Abilities of Bottlenose Dolphins in Sarasota Bay 2005
• Responses of Bottlenose Dolphins and Manatees to Construction and Demolition of Underwater Structures
• Effects of Boat Noise on Dolphin Behavior and Distribution
• Assessing the Impacts of Watercraft Noise on the Acoustic Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphins
• NOAA Fisheries Studying Dolphins for Contaminants
• Effects of Environmental Contaminants
• Assessment of Emerging Environmental Contaminants in Bottlenose Dolphins
• Echo and Misha Update: Twelve Years Back in the Wild
• Manatee Responses to Approaching Boats: An Update
• A Demonstration of the Need for Increasing Public Awareness of the Problems Associated with Human Interactions with Wild Dolphins: A Case Study near Sarasota, Florida