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 factsheets 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. Available in 6 languages.

Please click a link below to download Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets:

->  Introduction to mitigation measures

1.   Demersal Streamer lines

2.   Line weighting – external weights

3.   Integrated weight longlines

4.   Line weighting – Chilean system

5.   Night-setting

6.   Underwater setting shute

7a. Pelagic streamer lines - large vessels

7b. Pelagic streamer lines - small vessels

8.   Line weighting

9.   Side-setting

10. Blue-dyed bait (squid)

11. Bait caster and line shooter

12. Haul mitigation

13. Warp strike

14. Net entanglement

Download all factsheets:

-English (zip file, 1.9 MB)

-French, français (zip file, 1.1MB)

-Japanese, 日本語 (zip file, 1.1MB)

-Mandarin, 官话 (zip file, 4.1MB)

-Portugese, português (zip file, 1.8MB)

-Spanish, español (zip file, 1.8MB)