Chatham albatross are caught in a variety of longline and trawl fisheries in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Known mortality from bycatch has been observed in ling demersal and tuna pelagic longline fisheries (...
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What is Bycatch?
The incidental capture and mortality of non-target animals resulting from fishing activity.
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February 26, 2014The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction has won the 2013 Katerva Ecosystem Conservation Award!
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February 27, 2014 - March 1, 2014A seminar on North Atlantic right whale entanglements will be held at the Maine Fishermen's Forum (TBD). Research on right whale vision sponsored by the Consortium and BREP will be presented as well as Consoritum sponsored research on computer simulations of entanglements.
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