TY - JOUR

T1 - Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)

AU - Collins, M. A.

AU - Hollyman, P. R.

AU - Clark, J.

AU - Soeffker, M.

AU - Yates, O.

AU - Phillips, R. A.

PY - 2021/9/1

Y1 - 2021/9/1

N2 - 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 (

AB - 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 (

KW - Albatross

KW - Bycatch

KW - Mitigation

KW - Petrel

KW - Southern Ocean

U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104618

DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104618

M3 - Article

VL - 131

JO - Marine Policy

JF - Marine Policy

SN - 0308-597X

M1 - 104618

ER -