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PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF TOTAL SEABIRD BY-CATCH BY ICCAT FISHERIES IN RECENT YEARS

Neil Klaer, Andrew Black, E. Howgate

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Results of recent seabird bycatch studies in the ICCAT Convention area were combined to compare bycatch rates of demersal and pelagic longline, and to estimate pelagic longline bycatch per species. Preliminary results suggest that pelagic longline caught about 7% of the total longline seabird catch, and that about 57% of the pelagic longline seabird catch was albatrosses. Available studies do not apply to the full spatial and temporal extent of the fishing effort, so assumptions were made to fill missing information. Advice is requested from ICCAT to improve these assumptions, and to locate additional information.

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Results of recent seabird bycatch studies in the ICCAT Convention area were combined to compare bycatch rates of demersal and pelagic longline, and to estimate pelagic longline bycatch per species. Preliminary results suggest that pelagic longline caught about 7% of the total longline seabird catch, and that about 57% of the pelagic longline seabird catch was albatrosses. Available studies do not apply to the full spatial and temporal extent of the fishing effort, so assumptions were made to fill missing information. Advice is requested from ICCAT to improve these assumptions, and to locate additional information.

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Results of recent seabird bycatch studies in the ICCAT Convention area were combined to compare bycatch rates of demersal and pelagic longline, and to estimate pelagic longline bycatch per species. Preliminary results suggest that pelagic longline caught about 7% of the total longline seabird catch, and that about 57% of the pelagic longline seabird catch was albatrosses. Available studies do not apply to the full spatial and temporal extent of the fishing effort, so assumptions were made to fill missing information. Advice is requested from ICCAT to improve these assumptions, and to locate additional information.

Key concepts: Seabird, Bycatch, Pelagic zone, Demersal zone, Fishery, Fishing, Oceanography, Geography

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