Integrated weight longlines with paired streamer lines – best practice to prevent seabird bycatch in demersal longline | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Submitted by morgaac on September 30, 2015 – 14:33

Target catch rates were not affected Integrated weight longlines paired with streamer lines eliminated surface foraging and shearwater catch by 97%; integrated weigh longlines reduced surface forager catch rates by 91% and unweighted longlines with paired streamer by 98%

• Bird-scaring devices
• Sub-surface bait setting