Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)

M. A. Collins; P. R. Hollyman; J. Clark; M. Soeffker; O. Yates; R. A. Phillips

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104618

Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)

M. A. Collins
, P. R. Hollyman
, J. Clark
, M. Soeffker
, O. Yates
, R. A. Phillips

NERC (British Antarctic Survey)
Marine Resources Assessment Group
Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft
Birdlife International Marine Programme

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Abstract

Seabird mortality in fisheries is a global problem and a major driver of the continued decline of many seabird populations. Unless appropriate mitigation is in place, longline fishing can cause high levels of seabird mortality. Here we describe the development and implementation of seabird mitigation measures in the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides fishery around the sub-Antarctic islands of South Georgia (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3), since the fishery began in the late 1980s. The initial high bycatch mortality (>5000 birds / 0.59 birds per 1000 hooks in 1996) has been reduced to negligible levels (

Original language	English
Article number	104618
Journal	Marine Policy
Volume	131
Early online date	18 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104618
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Albatross
Bycatch
Mitigation
Petrel
Southern Ocean

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Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)

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