Sperm and northern bottlenose whales were frequently observed following a trawler off the coast of Newfoundland to feed on fish escaping from the net as it was hauled in, according to a study published August 23, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Usua Oyarbide from Plentzia Marine Station–Univ Basque Country, Spain, and colleagues.
In this study, the authors looked at how cetaceans interacted with a deep-sea trawlerfishing in the western North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland in 2007.
