Slow sink rate in floated-demersal longline and implications for seabird bycatch risk

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Rouxel, Yann, Crawford, Rory, Buratti, Juan Pablo Forti, Cleasby, Ian R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2022
• Subjects: Research Article; Hake; Pacific; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9049334/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267169

Bycatch of birds in longline fisheries is a global conservation issue, with between 160,000–320,000 seabirds killed each year, primarily through being caught and drowned as they attempt to snatch baits off hooks as they are set. This conservation issue has received significant recognition in souther...