Seabird Bycatch Reduction Program - News
News about Seabird Bycatch
- Alaska Trawl Fisheries: Potential Interactions with North Pacific Albatrosses (external link)
- Short-tailed Albatross chicks moved out of the shadow of the volcano, Bird Life International, December 2008 (external link)
- BirdLife International's Albatross Task Force Annual Report - 2007
- Seabird Bycatch Estimates for 2005: Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seabird Program
- News Release: January 16, 2008: Fishermen Will Use New Ways to Avoid Snaring Endangered Seabirds.
- Final rule to revise the seabird avoidance measures for the Alaska hook-and-line groundfish and halibut fisheries. Effective January 17, 2008. News Release: December 18, 2007.
- NMFS Provides Support for the Free Seabird Streamer Line Program, July 2007
- FREE! Rat prevention kits are available for vessels using Alaskan waters. Each kit contains instructions, 12 rat traps, six mouse traps, six rodent sticky board traps, a rodent ID poster, and an entertaining and educational DVD. (external link)
- Draft Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for a Regulatory Amendment to Revise Regulations for Seabird Avoidance Measures in the Hook-and-line Fisheries off Alaska to Reduce the Incidental Catch of the Short-tailed Albatross and Other Seabird Species, January 2007.
- Summary Report: Seabird Bycatch Mitigation in Pelagic Longline Fisheries Mitigation Workshop by Washington Sea Grant Program; Workshop held in Hobart, Australia - October 2006 (external link)
- The Distribution of Seabirds on the Alaskan Longline Fishing Grounds: Implications for Seabird Avoidance Regulations- Washington Sea Grant Program Report (external link)
- Summary of Seabird Bycatch in Alaskan Groundfish Fisheries, 1993 to 2004
- Seabird Avoidance for Small Longline Vessels, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program (external link)
- 2006 Marine Stewardship Awards: National Award Program Launched to Honor Excellence in Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources
- Solving Seabird Bycatch in Alaskan Fisheries: A Case Study in Collaborative Research - Washington Sea Grant Program (external link)
Gulls around a commercial fishing vessel.
- Seabird Avoidance Measures for Small Alaskan Longline Vessels - Washington Sea Grant Program Report (external link)
- 70 FR 61988, October 27, 2005. USFWS Draft Recovery Plan for the Short-tailed Albatross (external link)
- Pilot Tests of Techniques to Mitigate Seabird Interactions with Catcher Processor Vessels in the Bering Sea Pollock Trawl Fishery: Final Report Washington Sea Grant Program Report (external link)
- Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seabird-Trawl Interaction Studies - July through November 2005
- Final EIS on Seabird Interaction Avoidance Methods under the FMP for the Pelagics Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region and Pelagic Squid Fishery Management under the FMP for the and Pelagics Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region and the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act, April 2005
- Free Streamer Lines including new lighter-weight line
- The Distribution of Seabirds on Alaskan Longline Fishing Grounds: 2002 Data Report from WSGP and IPHC (external link)
- Off the Hook: An Educational Video for Longline Fishermen in Alaska (external link)
- Current seabird bycatch estimates in Alaska groundfish fisheries
- Washington Sea Grant Program (WSGP) Solutions to Seabird Bycatch in Alaska's Demersal Longline Fisheries (external link)
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