Sarah A. Tanedo

Aug 1, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Scott Pearson |Staci M. Amburgey |Casey Clark |Sarah A. Tanedo

1 INTRODUCTION Large-scale commercial exploitation of marine mammals and government-sponsored removal programs aimed at reducing the impacts of some species on fisheries led to substantial declines in the abundance of many marine mammal stocks by the middle of the 20th century (Lelli et al., 2009; Newby, 1973; Pearson & Verts, 1970).