Why management decisions involving marine mammals should include animal welfare
Why management decisions involving marine mammals should include animal welfare
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为什么涉及海洋哺乳动物的管理决策应包括动物福利
DOI：
10.1016/j.marpol.2017.02.001
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发表时间：
2017
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
D. Lavigne
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作者：
V. Papastavrou;R. Leaper;D. Lavigne
本文认为，需要考虑动物福利和保护时，对影响海洋哺乳动物的人类活动的管理决策。种群水平的影响可能需要很长时间才能确定，而动物福利指标可以在短期内观察到，使问题能够更快地得到解决。此外，许多国家在执行与管理对海洋哺乳动物的影响有关的现行立法时，需要考虑到动物福利。这些立法反映了社会价值观和公众对个别动物的关注。两个案例研究进行了讨论。这些是：与商业渔业中的意外捕杀有关的管理措施，以及地震勘测产生的强烈水下噪音源造成的伤害或干扰。这两种威胁对海洋哺乳动物的福利和保护都有影响。更加注重福利将更好地反映社会价值观，包括各种法律的制度下的要求，还可以促成更有针对性和更有效的养护行动。
This paper argues the need for consideration of both animal welfare and conservation when making management decisions regarding human activities that affect marine mammals. Population level effects may take a long time to be determined, whereas animal welfare metrics can be observed in the short term, enabling problems to be addressed more rapidly. In addition, implementing current legislation in many countries related to the management of impacts on marine mammals requires animal welfare to be taken into account. Such legislation reflects societal values and public concern for individual animals. Two case studies are discussed. These are: management measures related to incidental killing in commercial fisheries, and injury or disturbance from intense sources of underwater noise from seismic surveys. Both of these threats have welfare and conservation implications for marine mammals. An increased focus on welfare would better reflect societal values including requirements under various legal regimes and could also enable more targeted and effective conservation actions.