Reducing seabird bycatch in the South African joint venture tuna fishery using bird-scaring lines, branch line weighting and nighttime setting of hooks

Location
South Africa
Article
Reducing seabird bycatch in the South African joint venture tuna fishery using bird-scaring lines, branch line weighting and nighttime setting of hooks
Target catch
Tuna
Study Type
Field study in the wild
Effect on target catch
NA
Effect on bycatch species
Sets made at night caught far fewer seabirds (0.439 birds/1000 hooks vs. 2 birds/1000 hooks)
Bycatch species
Seabirds
Daption capense (Pintado petrel, Cape petrel)
Procellaria aequinoctialis (White-chinned petrel)
Thalassarche cauta (Shy albatross)
Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Yellow-nosed albatross)
Thalassarche melanophyrs (Black-browed albatross)
Fishing Gear
Hooks and Lines
Reduction technique
Night sets