Pacific Islands Regional Plan of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Pelagic Longline Fisheries
Available information indicates that seabird interactions with longline vessels operating in tropical
and subtropical areas of the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) are very rare, except in the
Hawaii-based longline fisheries. A large amount of observer data have been collected from tropical
and subtropical Pacific pelagic longline fisheries (15.7 million pelagic longline hooks in 8,786 sets
observed from 1995-2005).
Seabird Bycatch longline fisheries report Sept_06.pdf
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