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An assessment of seabird-fishery interactions in the Atlantic Ocean

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posted on 2023-05-19, 09:15 authored by Tuck, GN, Phillips, RA, Small, C, Thomson, RB, Klaer, NL, Taylor, F, Wanless, RM, Arrizabalaga, H
Currently, 17 of 22 albatross species are listed as Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Incidental mortality in fisheries is by far the most widespread cause of the population declines observed for these and other closely related species. In 2006, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) requested an assessment of the threat from their fisheries to all seabirds that breed or forage within their jurisdiction. Methods were developed to assess the potential consequences of fishing for more than 60 populations of seabird. The assessment framework involved the identification of at-risk populations, overlap analyses, estimation of total bycatch, and an evaluation of the impact of the bycatch on key selected populations for which there were sufficient data on bird distribution and demography. These were the wandering and black-browed albatrosses of South Georgia and the Atlantic yellow-nosed and Tristan albatrosses of Gough Island. Summary results from the seabird assessment are presented, revealing that ICCAT longline fisheries catch substantial numbers of seabirds, with potentially significant conservation implications. If this mortality is not reduced, the numbers of breeding birds in some populations will continue to decline, threatening their long-term viability.

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Publication title

I C E S Journal of Marine Science: (International Council for The Exploration of The Sea)

Volume

68

Issue

8

Pagination

1628-1637

ISSN

1054-3139

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd

Place of publication

24-28 Oval Rd, London, England, Nw1 7Dx

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Copyright The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.5) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/

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