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title: "Conservation Measure 15/09: On Reducing Incidental By-catch of Seabirds in the SEAFO Convention Area: full text now available"
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# 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 (clic[k here](http://www.acap.aq/latest-news/seafo-strengthens-its-conservation-measure-to-include-bycatch-of-seabirds-in-trawl-gear)) information was given on the revised conservation measure for reducing seabird mortality adopted by the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization ([SEAFO](http://www.seafo.org)) 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](http://www.seafo.org/Cons%20&%20Mngt%20Measures/2009%20conservation%20measures/Conservation%20Measure%2015-09%20Seabirds.pdf)).

  

 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trawl fisheries, as well as covering longlines - as in the earlier SEAFO Conservation Measure 05/06, which has now been repealed.

  ![](http://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black-browed Albatross following boat by Graham Robertson.jpg "Black-browed Albatrosses follow a South Atlantic  trawler: Photograph by Graham Robertson")

   

  

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

  

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 April 2010*