Assessing and Reducing the Amounts and Impacts of Fisheries Bycatch in Alaska Marine Ecosystems

PowerPoint Presentation Assessing and Reducing the Amounts and Impacts of Fisheries Bycatch in Alaska Marine Ecosystems Patricia A. [...] Livingston, Jennifer Boldt, Shannon Fitzgerald, William Karp, Craig Rose, and David Witherell December 25, 2008 1 Overview US approach to bycatch reduction and mitigation in an ecosystem approach to fisheries management Alaskan context —Overview of groundfish fishery management —Strategies and mechanisms for bycatch reduction and mitigation: Examples Ongoing research and management issues relating. [...] National Bycatch Report Reporting on Discard of Fish and Incidental Mortality of Marine Mammals and Sea Birds and Addressing Deficiencies in Data Quality & Estimation Methodology • Statutory requirements • International and national focus on discard and bycatch • Not all regional methods well documented • Fishery & ecosystem management • Full accounting for mortality of fish, mammals and birds • T. [...] OY cap prevent some target fisheries from achieving allowable Multiple species/stocks biological catch allowances December 25, 2008 7 7 AAllaasskkaa GGrroouunnddffiisshh FFiisshheerryy Meeaassuurreess ffoorr BByyccaattcchh aanndd Waassttee RReedduuccttiioonn The catch composition of Biodegradable panels and escape incidental bycatch and discards rings in cod pots are required to of non- target spe. [...] quantitatively estimated from Bycatch limits for halibut, crab, observer data, both at-sea and salmon, and herring.