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Integrated weight longlines with paired streamer lines - Best practice to prevent seabird bycatch in demersal longline fisheries

Kimberly S. Dietrich, Auteur ; Edward F. Meluin, Auteur ; Loveday Conquest, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (141(7) JUL 2008)

To evaluate a new technology - integrated weight longlines (IW) - as a viable seabird mitigation technology for demersal longline fisheries, we compared three experimental mitigation treatments, IW line alone, IW with paired streamer lines (IWPS[...]

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Migratory routes of short-tailed albatrosses: Use of exclusive economic zones of North Pacific Rim countries and spatial overlap with commercial fisheries in Alaska

Robert M. Suryan, Auteur ; Kimberly S. Dietrich, Auteur ; Edward F. Melvin, Auteur ; Gregory R. Balogh, Auteur ; Fumio Sato, Auteur ; Kiyoaki Ozaki, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (137(3) JUL 2007)

We conducted a satellite tracking study of the endangered short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) to determine post-breeding season distribution, the amount of time spent within exclusive economic zones of Pacific Rim countries, and assess[...]

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Understanding and addressing seabird bycatch in Alaska demersal longline fisheries

Kimberly S. Dietrich, Auteur ; Julia K. Parrish, Auteur ; Edward F. Melvin, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (142(11) NOV 2009)

The incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheries is a global conservation concern. In Alaska, annual seabird bycatch in demersal longline fisheries ranged between 10,300 and 26,300 birds (1995-2001). We explore the relationship between fou[...]

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