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title: "Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Fact-sheets for longline and trawl fisheries now available"
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# Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Fact-sheets for longline and trawl fisheries now available

A series of 14 Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Fact-sheets which describes the range of potential mitigation measures available to reduce seabird bycatch in both pelagic and demersal longline and trawl fisheries has been added to this web site ([click here](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets)).

 The fact-sheets assess the effectiveness of each measure, highlight their limitations and strengths, and make best-practice recommendations for their effective adoption.  They are designed to help decision-makers choose the most appropriate measures for their demersal and pelagic longline and trawl fisheries.  An introductory sheet describes the problem and lists the 14 individual fact-sheets.

 The fact-sheets have been produced as a joint effort between ACAP and BirdLife International with input from Sea Grant Washington.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/black-browed_albatross_attacks_longline_bait_by_martin_abreu.jpg "A Black-browed Albatross attacks a longline bait.  Photograph by Martin Abreu")

 The following mitigation measures are covered in detail by the individual fact-sheets:

 
1. [Streamer lines (demersal longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1507-fact-sheet-01-demersal-longline-streamer-lines)
2. [Line weighting - external weights (demersal longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1508-fact-sheet-02-demersal-longline-line-weighting-%E2%80%93-external-weights)
3. [Integrated weight longlines (demersal longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1509-fact-sheet-03-demersal-longline-integrated-weight-longlines)
4. [Line weighting - Chilean system (demersal longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1510-fact-sheet-04-demersal-longline-line-weighting-%E2%80%93-chilean-system)
5. [Night-setting (demersal and pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1511-fact-sheet-05-demersal-and-pelagic-longline-night-setting)
6. [Underwater setting chute (demersal longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1519-fact-sheet-06-demersal-longline-underwater-setting-chute)
7. [Streamer lines (pelagic longlining](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1518-fact-sheet-07-pelagic-longline-streamer-lines-vessels-24-m)
8. [Line-weighting (pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1517-fact-sheet-08-pelagic-longline-line-weighting)
9. [Side-setting (pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1516-fact-sheet-09-pelagic-longline-side-setting)
10. [Blue-dyed bait (pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1515-fact-sheet-10-pelagic-longline-blue-dyed-bait-squid)
11. [Bait-caster and line shooter (pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1514-fact-sheet-11-pelagic-longline-bait-caster-and-line-shooter)
12. [Haul mitigation (demersal and pelagic longlining)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1513-fact-sheet-12-demersal-and-pelagic-longline-haul-mitigation)
13. [Warp strikes (trawling)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1512-fact-sheet-13-trawl-fisheries-warp-strike)
14. [Net entanglements (trawling)](https://acap.aq/mitigation-fact-sheets/download-document/1520-fact-sheet-14-trawl-fisheries-net-entanglement)

  *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 22 June 2010*