For supporting organisations: Set seabird-safe fishing objectives

Introduction

Find what fishing practices to use depending on seabird risk zones.

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What seabird-safe rating do you want to achieve?

Seabird-safe fishing is when effective practices to avoid catching seabirds are used and verified.

Answer these questions to find which practices relate to what seabird safety rating you want to reach.

What is your target seabird safety rating?

Different seabird-safe fishing practices are needed in different seabird risk zones. The risk zone is based on where threatened seabirds occur.

Map of seabird risk zones

Use the map to find out the relevant seabird risk zone.

Then go to the next step.

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What seabird risk zone do you fish in?

Best seabird-safe practices for high risk zones

The practices that reach 'best' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds are unlikely to be caught. Use these practices to keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Practices and verification method ratings

 

Reliability ratings

Methods

Hook-shielding devices

Bird-scaring lines + night setting + line weighting

Human observers

Best

Best

Dockside inspection

Poor

Poor

Remote monitoring systems (VMS / AIS)

None

Poor

Electronic monitoring

Partial

Partial

Electronic monitoring and dockside inspection

Best

Partial

Bird scaring line tension device

None

None

Underwater bait setter sensor

None

None

Electronic monitoring and underwater bait setter sensor

Partial

Partial

Tables showing all practice verification methods.

Reliability ratings

Best: Can verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are being met.

Partial: Can verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used and some, but not all, specifications are being met.

Poor: Cannot verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used but can verify that some specifications are being met.

None: Cannot verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used or specifications are being met.

Partial seabird-safe practices for high risk zones

The practices that reach 'partial' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds may still be caught. These practices partially keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Practices and verification method ratings

 

Reliability ratings

Methods

Underwater bait setter

Night setting + line weighting

Bird scaring lines + night
setting

Bird scaring lines + line weighting

Human observers

Best

Best

Best

Best

Dockside inspection

Poor

Poor

Poor

Poor

Remote monitoring systems (VMS / AIS)

None

Poor

Poor

None

Electronic monitoring

Partial

Partial

Partial

Partial

Electronic monitoring and dockside inspection

Partial

Partial

Partial

Partial

Bird scaring line tension device

None

None

None

None

Underwater bait setter sensor

Partial

None

None

None

Electronic monitoring and underwater bait setter sensor

Best

Partial

Partial

Partial

Tables showing all practice verification methods.

Reliability ratings

Best: Can verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are being met.

Partial: Can verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used and some, but not all, specifications are being met.

Poor: Cannot verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used but can verify that some specifications are being met.

None: Cannot verify that the seabird-safe practice is being used or specifications are being met.

Poor seabird-safe practices for high risk zones

The practices that reach 'poor' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds are likely to be caught. These are the practices that only give poor seabird safety:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Best seabird-safe practices for medium risk zones

The practices that reach 'best' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds are unlikely to be caught. Use these practices to keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Partial seabird-safe practices for medium risk zones

The practices that reach 'partial' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds may still be caught. These practices partially keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Poor seabird-safe practices for high risk zones

The practices that reach 'poor' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds are likely to be caught. These are the practices that only give poor seabird safety:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Best seabird-safe practices for low risk zones

The practices that reach 'best' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds are unlikely to be caught. Use these practices to keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Partial seabird-safe practices for low risk zones

The practices that reach 'partial' seabird safety mean that threatened seabirds may still be caught. These practices partially keep threatened seabirds safe:

How to verify these practices are being used

There are different ways to verify that these practices are being used.

Table of verification methods.

Poor seabird-safe practices for low risk zones

There are no practices that give a low seabird safety rating for low risk zones.

Select a higher safety rating to see how to keep seabirds safe.