Seabird bycatch and mitigation efforts in Alaska Fisheries : summary report, 2007 through 2015

"This report reviews seabird bycatch in commercial groundfish and halibut fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ; FIGURE 1) off Alaska from 2007 through 2015, provides recent trends in seabird bycatch estimates for these fisheries, and reviews seabird avoidance measures for these fisheries. This report also details efforts by NOAA Fisheries to understand, monitor, and minimize bycatch of the endangered short-tailed albatross in the EEZ off Alaska"--Introduction. doi:10.7289/V5/TM-F/AKR-12 (http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-F/AKR-12)] [Eich, A.M., K.R. Mabry, S.K. Wright, and S.M. Fitzgerald]. "November 2016." Also available in print format. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (page 44). 2016 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) AKR (Alaska Region) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-F/AKR-12 Public Domain 1864