Setting baited hooks by stealth (underwater) can prevent the incidental mortality of albatrosses and petrels in pelagic longline fisheries

Location

Uruaguay

Article

Setting baited hooks by stealth (underwater) can prevent the incidental mortality of albatrosses and petrels in pelagic longline fisheries

Target catch

Tuna

Study Type

Field study in the wild

Effect on target catch

None

Effect on bycatch species

Bait set 4 m below surface reduced mortality by 87% and by 100% when bait was set 10 m below the surface.

Bycatch species

Fishing Gear

Hooks-and-Lines

Reduction technique

Sub-surface bait setting