LIVING MARINE RESOURCES: Fish/Fisheries Management: Off the Hook
Off the Hook: an informational video for longline fishermen in Alaska
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The video was produced jointly by the Washington Sea Grant Program and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Marine Advisory Services with funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It is being duplicated and distributed (in VHS and PAL format) with funding from the Alaska Department of Fish Game to all Alaska Federal Fisheries Permit (hook-and-line endorsement) or IFQ Permit holders affected by new and forthcoming seabird bycatch regulations.
This video provides information to help Alaska longline fishermen avoid catching seabirds and protect their fisheries. It portrays a variety of seabird species, in flight and interacting with longline gear. It also demonstrates how to rig and deploy streamer lines - a seabird bycatch deterrent required on most Alaska longliners by new regulations in 2003.
For more information about seabird regulations contact:
NMFS Enforcement
Alaska Region, Juneau
Ph: 907-586-7225
NMFS Enforcement
Greg Balogh
Endangered Species Branch Chief
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ph: 907-271-2778
Email: Greg_Balogh@fws.gov
Kim Rivera
National Seabird Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Ph: 907-586-7424
Email: Kim.Rivera@noaa.gov
NOAA Fisheries
- Seabird Information
For more information on seabird bycatch research click here to see the Washington Sea Grant Program Fisheries Index.
Thank you,
Ed
Melvin
Washington Sea Grant Program
206-543-9968
Washington Sea Grant Program: Streamer Line Schematic
Seabird Avoidance Measures - Regulatory Update
Proposed revisions to seabird avoidance
measures in the hook-and-line fisheries off Alaska, 68 FR 6386, February 7,
2003, and the accompanying analysis document (DRAFT Seabird EA/RIR/IRFA, December
2002) can be found at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/seabirds/actionplans.htm.
A final rule is expected to be published in Fall 2003.
The proposed requirements include:
- Seabird avoidance gear must be onboard.
- Seabird avoidance gear must be made available upon request.
- Seabird avoidance gear must be used when hook-and-line gear is being deployed.
- Offal discharge requirements, including the removal of hooks before offal is discharged.
- A Seabird Avoidance Plan must be completed, onboard the vessel, and made available upon request.
- Seabird avoidance gear requirements are based on area fished, vessel length, and gear type and include: paired streamer lines of a specified performance and material standard for larger vessels in the EEZ, single streamer lines of a specified performance and material standard for larger vessels in 'Inside Waters', other measures required of smaller vessels (26-55 ft).
See the proposed rule and the forthcoming final rule for specific details of regulatory requirements. Do not rely on this list alone for regulatory compliance.
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission will continue to build and distribute
streamer lines with funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Free streamers
can currently be picked up at the following locations. Contact Erik
Hanson for alternate delivery options and more information see: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/seabirds/streamers.htm.