Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic
Abstract Bycatch in fisheries remains one of the biggest conservation threats to seabirds globally, but there has been limited attention given to bycatch in the Arctic. Here, we worked with Inuit commercial fishers in the Cambridge Bay region of Nunavut to record bycatch of birds as part of a fish b...
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crwiley:10.1002/nafm.10813 2024-10-13T14:04:31+00:00 Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic Mallory, Mark L. Robertson, Gregory J. Keegan, Shane Pollet, Ingrid L. Harris, Les N. Jivan, Tyler Provencher, Jennifer F. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Nunavut General Monitoring Plan 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10813 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor North American Journal of Fisheries Management volume 42, issue 5, page 1215-1225 ISSN 0275-5947 1548-8675 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10813 2024-09-17T04:49:32Z Abstract Bycatch in fisheries remains one of the biggest conservation threats to seabirds globally, but there has been limited attention given to bycatch in the Arctic. Here, we worked with Inuit commercial fishers in the Cambridge Bay region of Nunavut to record bycatch of birds as part of a fish bycatch reporting initiative, in weir and gill‐net fisheries that target anadromous Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus . Weir fisheries, and one of the gill‐net fisheries (executed in freshwater), had no bird bycatch, but 291 loons (family Gavidae) were captured over 5 years in one estuarine–marine fishery, yielding an exceptionally high bycatch rate of 15.7 birds/1,000 net‐meter‐days. One of the species caught, the yellow‐billed loon Gavia adamsii , is considered near threatened, but data on the population status of this species is insufficient to determine whether bycatch forms a significant threat. Nonetheless, deterrence efforts or other conservation options are needed in estuarine gill‐net fisheries to reduce bird bycatch. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cambridge Bay Gavia adamsii inuit Nunavut Salvelinus alpinus yellow-billed loon Wiley Online Library Arctic Cambridge Bay ENVELOPE(-105.130,-105.130,69.037,69.037) Nunavut Weir ENVELOPE(177.167,177.167,-84.983,-84.983) North American Journal of Fisheries Management |
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Abstract Bycatch in fisheries remains one of the biggest conservation threats to seabirds globally, but there has been limited attention given to bycatch in the Arctic. Here, we worked with Inuit commercial fishers in the Cambridge Bay region of Nunavut to record bycatch of birds as part of a fish bycatch reporting initiative, in weir and gill‐net fisheries that target anadromous Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus . Weir fisheries, and one of the gill‐net fisheries (executed in freshwater), had no bird bycatch, but 291 loons (family Gavidae) were captured over 5 years in one estuarine–marine fishery, yielding an exceptionally high bycatch rate of 15.7 birds/1,000 net‐meter‐days. One of the species caught, the yellow‐billed loon Gavia adamsii , is considered near threatened, but data on the population status of this species is insufficient to determine whether bycatch forms a significant threat. Nonetheless, deterrence efforts or other conservation options are needed in estuarine gill‐net fisheries to reduce bird bycatch. |
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Mallory, Mark L. Robertson, Gregory J. Keegan, Shane Pollet, Ingrid L. Harris, Les N. Jivan, Tyler Provencher, Jennifer F. |
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Mallory, Mark L. Robertson, Gregory J. Keegan, Shane Pollet, Ingrid L. Harris, Les N. Jivan, Tyler Provencher, Jennifer F. Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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Mallory, Mark L. Robertson, Gregory J. Keegan, Shane Pollet, Ingrid L. Harris, Les N. Jivan, Tyler Provencher, Jennifer F. |
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Mallory, Mark L. |
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Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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Bycatch of Loons Assessed in Coastal Arctic Char Fisheries in the Canadian Arctic |
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bycatch of loons assessed in coastal arctic char fisheries in the canadian arctic |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/nafm.10813 https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10813 |
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ENVELOPE(-105.130,-105.130,69.037,69.037) ENVELOPE(177.167,177.167,-84.983,-84.983) |
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Arctic Cambridge Bay Nunavut Weir |
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Arctic Cambridge Bay Gavia adamsii inuit Nunavut Salvelinus alpinus yellow-billed loon |
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Arctic Cambridge Bay Gavia adamsii inuit Nunavut Salvelinus alpinus yellow-billed loon |
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