Seabird Bycatch Reduction Program - News Archive
- December 2005. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter
- June 2005. Government/Industry Partnership Helps Small Fishing Vessels Meet Federal And State Seabird Regulations
- April 2005. Using Digital Video Monitoring Systems in Fisheries: Application for Monitoring Compliance of Seabird Avoidance Devices and Seabird Mortality in Pacific Halibut Longline Fisheries
- March 2005. 70 FR 13174: Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit to conduct an experiment to evaluate the integrated weight groundline as a potential seabird avoidance measure in the 2005 Pacific cod hook-and-line fishery in the BSAI.
- February 2005. Editorial from Alaska Fisherman's JOURNAL: "Harbinger of Hope" Disclaimer Disclaimer
- December 2004. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter 6
- September 2004. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-147: Electronic Monitoring of Seabird Interactions with Trawl Third-wire Cables on Trawl Vessels—A Pilot Study
- June 2004. USFWS Director’s Order Pertaining to Migratory Bird Management and Conservation (external link)
- September 2004. USFWS receives a petition to list the Black-footed Albatross under the Endangered Species Act (external link)
- August 2004. Editorial from Pacific Fishing Magazine: "Why Should We Help Russians Avoid Albatross? Our fisheries could be shut down if we don't". Disclaimer
- March 2004. Discussion Paper on Seabird Interactions with Trawl Vessel Gear - North Pacific Fishery Management Council Protected Resources Report
- June 2004. Efforts address seabird mortality in Russian longline fisheries
- May 2004. Washington Sea Grant Program Exempted Fishing Permit application to test integrated weight groundline
- April 2002. WSGP Seabird Streamer Line Schematic plus Performance Standards and Availability of Free Streamer Lines (external link)
- September 2003. Incidental Take Limits Established for the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross in the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries
- August 2004. Workshop at International Albatross & Petrel Conference - Quantifying seabird bycatch: A global perspective
- July 2004. Australian scientist wins Pew Fellowship to research seabird avoidance in longline fisheries (external link)
- June 2004. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter 5
- May 2004. Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team meets in Japan to work on Recovery Plan
- April 2004. Efforts underway in Peru to address seabird incidental catch
- January 2004. Albatross Nest Count Completed at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
- January 2004. Revised seabird avoidance measures for vessels in the hook-and-line fisheries off Alaska
- December 2003. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Four, December 2003: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices.
- July 2003. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Three, July 2003: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices.
- July 2003. Information requested for sightings of the endangered short-tailed albatross.
- June 2003. Update on International Fishermen's competition for $20,000 prize for seabird bycatch mitigation. Proposals due June 30, 2003.
- February 2003. 68 FR 6386, February 7, 2003. Proposed revisions to seabird avoidance measures in the hook-and-line fisheries off Alaska
- February 2003. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Two: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices
- February 2003. Implementation of the US National Plan of Action on Seabirds: US report for FAO Committee on Fisheries meeting
- February 2003. International Fishermen's Competition for seabird bycatch mitigation.
- December 2002. DRAFT Seabird EA/RIR/IRFA 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, December 2002
- November 2002. International Fisher's Forum set for November
- September 2002. Travel assistance available for participants of the International Fishers Forum on seabird and sea turtle bycatch in longline fisheries
- August 2002. Volcanic Erruption on Torishima Island, Japan, Site of Breeding Colony of the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross
- June 2002. The Washington Sea Grant Program Workshop on Seabird Bycatch Avoidance in Petersburg, Alaska
- May 2002. NMFS's Pacific Islands Area Office issues a final rule for seabird mitigation measures
- May 2002. The Washington Sea Grant Program Workshops On Seabird Bycatch Avoidance In Sitka and Cordova, Alaska
- March 2002. 68 FR 11501, March 11, 2003. Notice of decision on petition for rulemaking on bycatch.
- December 2001. Changes Coming to Seabird Avoidance Regulations in Groundfish and Halibut Hook-and-Line Fisheries Off Alaska
- November 2001. Revised DRAFT Seabird EA/RIR/IRFA (replaced by 12/02 draft EA/RIR/IRFA)
- October 2001. NMFS appoints a national seabird coordinator
- June 2001. Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (external link)
- June 2001. Revised monitoring plan for short-tailed albatross in the Pacific halibut fishery
- June 2001. NMFS Reports on the Current Breeding Status of the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross
- May 2001. Code descriptions clarified for seabird avoidance devices used with hook-and-line gear
- May 2001. Status of Changes to the Current Seabird Avoidance Requirements for the Alaska Hook-and-Line Fishery and Availability of Free Streamer Lines
- February 2001. NOAA Fisheries Releases a National Plan of Action to Protect Seabirds
- January 2001. Extension of the short-tailed albatross incidental take limit in the AK groundfish fishery
- Final Report on the International Fishers' Forum on Solving the Incidental Capture of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries, Auckland, New Zealand, 6-9 November 2000 (external link)
- June 2000. IUCN's Resolution on Seabird Mortality from Longlining in the Southern Ocean
- March 2000. USFWS Funds Available to Alaska Longline Industry for Seabird Deterrent Devices