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Seabird Mortality Research Project – Bait Setting Capsule
The Peregrine Community Trust is raising funds for the Australian Antarctic Division for research programs aimed at reducing seabird mortality caused by southern hemisphere pelagic (tunas and billfish) long-line fishing. The plan involves the research and implementation of seabird deterrent technology in four countries – Uruguay, Australia, Chile and New Zealand. For the reasons outlined below, most of the work will take place in Uruguay. Management actions will follow upon the completion of the research program. The total amount needed for this project is $773,000, but Peregrine is not expected nor anticipated to be the sole fund-raiser.
Key objectives
- To eliminate within a reasonable period of time the capture of wandering albatrosses, northern and southern royal albatrosses and Tristan albatrosses by Uruguayan pelagic long-line fishery.
- To greatly reduce within a reasonable time frame the mortality rate of other species of sea birds, caused by the fishing industry.
- To develop seabird bycatch mitigation methods that being are being used in other pelagic long-line fisheries in the world (e.g., Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa).
