Assessing incidental bycatch of seabirds in Norwegian coastal commercial fisheries: Empirical and methodological lessons

• Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Kirstin Fangel, Øystein Aas, Jon Helge Vølstad, Kim Magnus Bærum, Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard, Kjell Nedreaas, Modulf Overvik, Line Camilla Wold, Tycho Anker-Nilssen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Unintentional bycatch; Waterbirds; Small vessel fishery; Gillnets; Longlines; Northeast Atlantic; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Access Point; Greenland; Norway; Black guillemot; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.06.001; https://doaj.org/article/9f6b7136b88a4d989b167e7e56bfc7e6

With diminishing seabird populations and little knowledge on incidental bycatch in fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic, this study aimed to screen seabird bycatch in Norwegian coastal fisheries in 2009. The purpose was to 1) quantify magnitude of seabird bycatch rates and estimate total bycatch from...