Conservation Measure 15/09: On Reducing Incidental By-catch of Seabirds in the SEAFO Convention Area: full text now available

In an earlier report on this web site (click here) information was given on the revised conservation measure for reducing seabird mortality adopted by the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) at its 2009 meeting.

 

The full text of the new Conservation Measure 15/09 On Reducing Incidental By-catch of Seabirds in the SEAFO Convention Area is now available (click here).

 

Importantly, the revised measure gives protection to birds attending trawl fisheries, as well as covering longlines - as in the earlier SEAFO Conservation Measure 05/06, which has now been repealed.



 

 

See also http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/04/South-Atlantic-becomes-more-seabird-friendly.html.

 

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 April 2010

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