Ratsimbazafindranahaka, Maevatiana Nokoloina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8916-237X
Huetz, ChloƩ
Reidenberg, Joy S.
Saloma, Anjara
Andrianarimisa, Aristide
Charrier, Isabelle
Adam, Olivier
Article History
Received: 23 April 2023
Revised: 22 July 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 12 August 2023
Declarations
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: All methods and approaches were reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Fisheries Resources, Madagascar, under the Malagasy national research permits #44/13-MPRH/SG/DGPRH, #43/14-MRHP/SG/DGRHP, #46/15-MRHP/SG/DGRHP, #28/16-MRHP/SG/DGRHP, #26/17-MRHP/SG/DGRHP and #28/18-MRHP/SG/DGRHP, #36/19-MAEP/SG/DGPA, #30/21-MAEP/SG/DGPA, and #54/22-MPEB/SG/DGPA and complies with the European Union Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes (EU Directive 2010/63/EU). We took great care to minimize animal disturbances by respecting a strict protocol: slow speed approach, brief deployment time, and interruption of the tagging procedure when avoidance behaviors have been detected. In addition, tagging were only done by experienced operators. Tagged animals were not followed after the tagging to prevent exacerbating any disturbance of their behavior.
: The authors declare no competing interests.