Assessment of incidental interactions with false killer whales in the Hawaiʻi longline deep- and shallow-set fisheries from 2020 through 2024

Key Points

• This assessment aims to evaluate interactions between longline fisheries and false killer whales from 2020 to 2024.
• Analysis of fisheries interactions with marine mammals
• Review of observational data from 2020 to 2024
• Comparison of deep- and shallow-set fishing practices
• No observed interactions with false killer whales across evaluated fisheries
• Findings apply to both deep-set and shallow-set fisheries in Hawaiʻi