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  • M. A. Collins
    NERC (British Antarctic Survey)
  • P. R. Hollyman
    NERC (British Antarctic Survey)
  • J. Clark
    Marine Resources Assessment Group
  • M. Soeffker
    Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft
  • O. Yates
    Birdlife International Marine Programme
  • R. A. Phillips
    NERC (British Antarctic Survey)
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 languageEnglish
Article number104618
JournalMarine Policy
Volume131
Early online date18 Jun 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes
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