Inshore bottom longline seabird mitigation

Citation

Pierre, J., Goad, D., Thompson, F. N., & Abraham, E. R. (2013). Inshore bottom longline seabird mitigation. http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/conservation/marine-and-coastal/marine-conservation-services/csp-twg-31-7-2013-pierre-goad-presentation-bll-mitigation.pdf

Summary

This presentation describes strategies to mitigate seabird captures in inshore bottom-longline fisheries that focused on increasing line sinking rates. It also covers the design of a process to experimentally test the effectiveness of seabird bycatch mitigation strategies.