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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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 (
Keywords
- Albatross, Bycatch, Mitigation, Petrel, Southern Ocean
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 104618 |
| Journal | Marine Policy |
| Volume | 131 |
| Early online date | 18 Jun 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |