i
Reduction of seabird entanglements in salmon drift gillnets through gear modification
-
1995
Series: WSG-AS
[PDF-651.66 KB]
Details:
-
Personal Author:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
NOAA Program & Office:
-
Sea Grant Program:
-
Description:Seabirds and marine mammals are taken as bycatch in the commercial gillnet fisheries in Puget Sound and throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Of immediate concern is the incidental capture of marbled murrelets ("Brachyamphus marmoratus'), listed as a threatened species in Washington State under the Endangered Species Act. Other seabirds are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA); some are inadvertently captured and killed by commercial net fisheries. Unlike the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the MBTA has no provision for the incidental capture of protected species in net fisheries. Such takings are a misdemeanor offense and may result in seizure of the vessel. The goal of this pilot study was to begin to identify and develop methods to reduce or eliminate the incidental capture of seabirds in gillnet salmon fisheries without significantly reducing fishing efficiency.
-
Keywords:
-
Series:
-
Sea Grant Document Number:WASHU-G-95-001
-
Document Type:
-
Place as Subject:
-
Rights Information:Public Domain
-
Compliance:Library
-
Main Document Checksum:urn:sha256:ae9e0cb052bd676d98e93286608c75ac68d5985c32bdd359a959ab9152144da6
-
File Type:
Supporting Files
-
No Additional Files
More +
Related Documents
-
Personal Author:Kamrin, Michael A. ;Katz, Dolores J....1995 | Michigan Sea Grant publicationDescription:This handbook is designed to help reporters and others quickly slice through the complexities of risk assessment, toxicology, epidemiology, and risk c...Personal Author:Stanley, Donald W., 1945-1992 | Sea Grant publication (Raleigh, N.C.)Description:Galveston Bay, Texas is a heavily industrialized, urban estuary with a long history of pollution. It is subjected to intense port and shipping activit...Personal Author:DuPaul, William D. ;Fisher, Robert A....1990 | VSG (Series)Description:Sea scallops are Virginia's most valuable landed seafood. The mid-Atlantic region has become an important sea scallop resource area, contributing more...Personal Author:Austin, Herbert M. ;Kirkley, James E....1994 | VSG (Series)Description:Incidental harvesting or by-catch of fish and shellfish has become an issue of increasing concern to fishery administrators, managers, research scient...Personal Author:Thompson, Todd A. (Todd Alan), 1959- ;Fraser, Gordon S....1991 | IL-IN-SG-RDescription:The most important factor influencing shoreline behavior in the Great Lakes is fluctuation in lake-level. Previous studies in the Lake Michigan basin ...
More +
You May Also Like
Personal Author:
Melvin, Edward F. ;
Wainstein, Michelle Denise
2006 | WSG-AS
Description:
The incidental mortality of seabirds in longline fisheries is an international marine conservation problem. Although estimates of worldwide totals are...
Checkout today's featured content at repository.library.noaa.gov