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Summary report of the International Fishers’ Forum – Solving the Incidental Capture of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries

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Document Number:
SC-CAMLR-XX/BG/19
Author(s):
CCAMLR Observer (New Zealand)
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Abstract

This paper reports on a 4 day forum for fishers held in New Zealand in 2000, to exchange information and develop practical measures to minimise incidental capture of seabirds in longline fisheries. Participants committed to undertake a number of activities and report back at a second forum that will be held in Hawaii in late 2002.