Seabird identification and bycatch mitigation: a list of field manuals and guides

 Introduction

A number of publications, suitable for use aboard fishing vessels, has been produced over the last few decades to aid in identifying seabirds caught on longlines and/or in reducing seabird bycatch in longline fisheries. A bibliographic list follows.  E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with bibliographic details of new publications to add to the list.

 

 

Field Manuals and Guides

ACAP Secretariat & National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries. 2015. Seabird Bycatch Identification Guide. updated.  Hobart: ACAP Secretariat.  100 pp. [also available in Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese].

Biswell, Shelly F. 2007 [updated by Joanna Pierre 2017].  A Fisher's Guide to New Zealand Seabirds. [Wellington]: Department of Conservation. 55 pp.

Booker, Helen & Petersen, Samantha 2008. Keeping Endangered Marine Life off the Hook. Benefits to Fishers & Marine Life (Revised Edition). [Cape Town]: BirdLife South Africa & WWF. 6 pp. [pamphlet].

Brothers, Nigel [1990s]. Catching Fish not Birds. A Guide to Improving your Longline Fishing Efficiency.  [Hobart]: Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania. 73 pp. ISBN 0 7246 4282 X.

Brothers, Nigel & Hoy, Dawn [1990s]. Longline Fishing Dollars and Sense. Catching Fish not Birds using Bottom Set or Mid Water Set Longlines. Pesca de Palangreros los Dolares y en Sentido Comun. Capturando Peces en Vez de Aves Marinas usando Palangreros de Profundidad.  Stanley: Consolidated Fisheries Ltd.  80 pp. ISBN 0 7242 4538 8. A Chinese version was published in 1998.

CCAMLR 1996. Fish the Sea Not the Sky. How to Avoid by-catch of Seabirds when Fishing with Bottom Longlines. Hobart: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. 46 pp. Also published in French, Russian and Spanish.

Onley, Derek & Bartle, Sandy 2006. Identification of Seabirds in the Southern Ocean. A Guide for Scientific Observers aboard Fishing Vessels. Wellington: Te Papa Press & Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. 81 pp. ISBN 0 909010 47 1. Also published in French, Russian and Spanish.

Petersen, Samantha & Honig, Maria [2000s]. A Practical Guide to Understanding & Reducing Vulnerable Bycatch.  Keeping our Endangered Marine Life off the Hook.  [Cape Town]: WWF South Africa & BirdLife South Africa. 103 pp. + illustrations.

Last updated 15 October 2020