Extreme Risk of Mortality to Dugongs (Mammalia: Sirenia) from Netting Operations
GE Heinsohn, H Marsh and AV Spain
Australian Wildlife Research
3(2) 117 - 121
Published: 1976
Abstract
Successful and unsuccessful attempts at catching dugongs for research are described, including the capture of seven animals in one night near Townsville, Qld. Aspects of handling captured animals from a small boat and the effects of net fishing on dugongs are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9760117
© CSIRO 1976
