Test of light emitting diodes (LED) as a possible bycatch mitigation measure in a gillnet fishery
Substantial seabird bycatch occurs in North Atlantic lumpfish fisheries, potentially impacting seabird populations and raising concerns about the fisheries’ sustainability. Despite increased efforts to address this issue, existing approaches have yielded
Søren Post +4 more
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Catch Shares in Action: Alaska Halibut and Sablefish Fixed Gear Individual Fishing Quota Program [PDF]
The Alaska Halibut and Sablefish Fixed Gear Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ Program) was one of the first to include a variety of design elements to meet key social goals while also contributing to decreasing overcapitalization and increasing the ...
Karly McIlwain
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Human pressures in the ocean are restructuring biological communities, driving non-random extinctions, and disrupting marine ecosystem functioning. In particular, fisheries bycatch, the incidental mortality of non-target species, is a major threat to ...
Cerren Richards +4 more
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An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on seabirds
A novel individual‐based model to predict the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds during the non‐breeding season, using long‐term tracking data from SEATRACK. We demonstrate the model by simulating wind farm impacts on two Norwegian populations: common guillemots from Sklinna (sub‐lethal displacement effects) and black‐legged kittiwakes from ...
Lila Buckingham +11 more
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Soundings: the Newsletter of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. 2010 [PDF]
(PDF contains 92 pages.
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Catch Rates with Variable Strength Circle Hooks in the Hawaii-Based Tuna Longline Fishery [PDF]
The Hawaii-based deep-set longline fleet targets bigeye tuna [Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)] and infrequently takes false killer whales [FKW , Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)] as bycatch. From 2004 to 2008 with 20%–26% observer coverage, nine mortalities
Bigelow, Keith A. +3 more
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Abstract Understanding patterns of habitat use across trophic levels and the physical drivers of multispecies aggregations is essential to inform ecosystem‐based management. To achieve this, we quantified the spatial distribution and co‐occurrence of hotspots (defined using the Getis‐Ord statistic) for euphausiids and nine of their commercially ...
Rhian Evans +6 more
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High contrast panels and lights do not reduce bird bycatch in Baltic Sea gillnet fisheries
Bycatch is a cause of mortality among marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and birds. For some species this mortality may be sufficient to cause population declines.
Rob Field +8 more
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Projecting biomass declines in the St Helena marine protected area food web due to climate change
Abstract Understanding marine ecosystem responses to climate change is crucial for developing ecosystem‐based adaptation strategies. We applied the StrathE2E model to assess climate change impacts on the food web of the St Helena marine protected area (SHMPA). The model was parameterized using two Earth System models (GFDL, CNRM) and two future climate
Júlia P. Olher +4 more
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The National Marine Fisheries Service’s National Bycatch Strategy [PDF]
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) launched its National Bycatch Strategy (NBS) in March 2003 in response to the continued fisheries management challenge posed by fisheries bycatch.
Benaka, Lee R., Dobrzynski, Tanya J.
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