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Seabird Bycatch Estimates for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries: 2018

The focus of this report is to add and describe seabird bycatch data for 2018. This report presents bycatch estimates from the following gear types: demersal longline, pelagic trawl, non-pelagic trawl, and pot.
May 01, 2019 - Technical Memo ,
Alaska

Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group Meeting

The Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird Working Group will meet to discuss use of leading indicators as tool to assess inseason seabird bycatch risk, vessel-specific seabird bycatch mortality, and an update on studies examining seabird bycatch in the…
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Alaska
Issued
04/26/2024

Seabird Bycatch Estimates for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries: 2019

Annual update of estimates of seabirds caught as bycatch in commercial groundfish and halibut fisheries operating in Federal waters off Alaska.
January 01, 2019 - Technical Memo ,
Alaska

Seabird Bycatch Estimates for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries From 2016 Through 2017

This annual report details seabird bycatch estimates by gear type for the years 2007 through 2017 and supplements the “Seabird Bycatch and Mitigation Efforts in Alaska Fisheries Summary Report: 2007 through 2015”.
November 28, 2018 - Technical Memo ,
Alaska

Additional Seabird Bycatch Resources

Non-NOAA organizations working to reduce seabird bycatch - their projects, data and reports.
Alaska

The History of Seabird Bycatch Reduction in Alaska

Seabird avoidance measures for groundfish hook-and-line vessels fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska were first required in 1997 to mitigate fishery interactions with the short-tailed albatross and other seabird species.
Alaska

Alaska Regulations on Seabird Avoidance and Listed Seabirds

Regulations and guidance on seabird bycatch avoidance in Alaska's fisheries.
Alaska

Seabird Bycatch in Alaska

Reducing seabird incidental take in longline, also known as hook-and-line, fisheries off Alaska.
Alaska
seabirds congregating on offal from fishing vessel

Seabird Avoidance Gear and Methods

The presence of "free" food in the form of offal and bait attracts many birds to fishing operations. In past years, more than 20,000 seabirds were hooked annually in groundfish fisheries off Alaska.
Alaska

Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program

NOAA Fisheries is not operating the Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program due to a lack of available resources to fund additional observations of the southeast Alaska salmon drift gillnet fishery. We will reassess future activities as funding permits.
Alaska