Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets

Simple and inexpensive mitigation measures can be highly successful in reducing seabird bycatch, especially when used in combination. 

BirdLife have produced a series of 14 Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets which describe the range of potential mitigation measures available to reduce seabird bycatch in longline and trawl fisheries. The sheets assess the effectiveness of each measure, highlight their limitations and strengths, and make best practice recommendations for their effective adoption. They are designed to help decision-makers choose the most appropriate measures for their longline and trawl fisheries.

Please click a link below to down a Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets:

1. Introduction to mitigation measures
2. Streamer lines
3. Line weighting – external weights
4. Integrated weight longlines
5. Line weighting – Chilean system
6. Night-setting
7. Underwater setting shute
8. Steamer lines 
9. Line weighting
10. Side-setting
11. Blue-dyed bait (squid)
12. Bait caster and line shooter
13. Haul mitigation
14. Warp strike
15. Net entanglement

Download all factsheets (zip file, 1.8 MB)