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Threat Abatement Plan for By-Catch of Seabirds

The objective of this Plan is to reduce seabird by-catch in all fishing areas, seasons or fisheries to below 0.05 seabirds per thousand hooks, based on current fishing levels. This represents a reduction of up to 90% of seabird by-catch within the Australian Fishing Zone, and should be achievable within the five year life of this Plan. The ultimate aim of the threat abatement process is to achieve a zero by-catch of seabirds, especially threatened albatross and petrel species, in longline fisheries.

Content includes:

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Methods
  • Legislative Framework
  • Defining the Key Threatening Process
  • Existing Measures to Address the Key Threatening Process
  • Objectives, Criteria and Actions
  • Assessing the Impact of the Plan on Non-Target Species
  • Relationship with International Actions
  • Implementation Schedule
  • Estimated Cost of Threat Abatement
  • Evaluation and Revision of the Plan
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Appendices


Written by Environment Australia Biodiversity Group in consultation with the Threat Abatement Team.
Published by Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
(Published in 1998)
ISBN/ISSN 0 642 21420 4
Copyright Government of Tasmania 1998
 
This publication is available online:
Threat Abatement Plan


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