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title: "Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch to discuss seabird bycatch and its mitigation next month in Portugal"
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# Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch to discuss seabird bycatch and its mitigation next month in Portugal

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ([IOTC](http://www.iotc.org/)) will hold the 11th meeting of its Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch ([WPEB11](http://www.iotc.org/meetings/11th-working-party-ecosystems-and-bycatch-wpeb11)) in Olhâo, Portugal over 7 to 11 September.

 A total of six papers dealing with the issue of bycatch of seabirds will be tabled and discussed.  They are listed by title here.

 Angel, A., Wanless, R.[M.] & Small, C, 2015.  A need for improved reporting on seabird bycatch in the longline fishery.  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–33](http://www.iotc.org/documents/need-improved-reporting-seabird-bycatch-longline-fishery).  4 pp.

 Wanless, R.M. & Small, C. 2015.  New approaches for better understanding seabird bycatch. in tuna longline fisheries.  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–34](http://www.iotc.org/documents/new-approaches-better-understanding-seabird-bycatch-tuna-longline-fisheries).  2 pp.

 ACAP Secretariat 2015.  ACAP summary advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing on seabirds.  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–35](http://www.iotc.org/documents/acap-summary-advice-reducing-impact-pelagic-longline-fishing-seabirds).  4 pp.

 Wolfaardt, A. & Debski, I. 2015.  Estimation of seabird bycatch rates and numbers.  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–36](http://www.iotc.org/documents/estimation-seabird-bycatch-rates-and-numbers).  4 pp.

 Inoue, Y., Yokawa, K. & Minami, H. 2015.  Preliminary analyses; evaluation of the effects of the newly employed seabird bycatch regulation for longline fisheries in IOTC conventional area with using current observer data .  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–37](http://www.iotc.org/documents/preliminary-analyses-evaluation-effects-newly-employed-seabird-bycatch-regulation-longline).  10 pp.

 Inoue, Y., Alderman, R., Taguchi, M., Sakuma, K., Kitamura, T., Phillips, R.A., Burg, T.M., Small, C., Sato, M., Papworth, W. & Minami, H. 2015.  Progress of the development of the DNA identification for the southern albatross bycatch in longline fishery.  [IOTC–2015–WPEB11–38](http://www.iotc.org/documents/progress-development-dna-identification-southern-albatross-bycatch-longline-fishery).  21 pp.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/I/Indian_Yellow_nosed_Albatross_Prince_Edward_Island2_by_Peter_Ryan.jpg)

 The Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross occurs within the IOTC region, photograph by Peter Ryan

 ACAP will be represented at the meeting by Anton Wolfaardt, Convenor of the [ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group](http://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/seabird-bycatch-working-group), who will present the two ACAP papers.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 28 August 2015*