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title: "The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation discusses seabird mortality and mitigation this week"
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# The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation discusses seabird mortality and mitigation this week

The [Second Scientific Committee Meeting](http://www.sprfmo.int/2nd-scientific-committee/) of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation ([SPRFMO](http://www.sprfmo.int/)) is being held in Honolulu, USA this and next week.

 According to the [provisional agenda](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Scientific-Committee-2nd/SC-02-Papers/SC-02-01-Provisional-Agenda.pdf) for the meeting it will “[r]eview international best practices in bycatch, incidental catches and mitigation options in pelagic and bottom fisheries, and make appropriate recommendations[, i]ncluding, *inter alia*, the potential use of trigger limits to manage the incidental catch of seabirds in the SPRFMO Convention Area and advice on implementing, *inter alia*, the measures contained in Annex 2 of [CMM 2.04](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Commission-Meeting-2nd/Comm-02-report/Annex-N-CMM-2.04-Minimising-Seabird-Bycatch.pdf) (minimising seabird bycatch).”

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler1_graham_parker.jpg)

 Albatrosses gather behind a trawler, photograph by Graham Parker

 The following papers relevant to seabird mitigation are to be presented at the meeting:

 Debski, L. & Pierre, J. 2014.  *Seabird risk and trawler discharge*.  [SC-02-12.  7 pp](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Scientific-Committee-2nd/SC-02-Papers/SC-02-12-Seabird-risk-and-trawl-discharge.pdf).

 Debski, L. & Pierre, J. 2014.  *Seabird cryptic mortality and risk from fisheries*.  [SC-02-13.  6 pp](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Scientific-Committee-2nd/SC-02-Papers/SC-02-13-Seabird-cryptic-mortality.pdf).

 Debski, L. & Pierre, J. 2014.  *Observer coverage to monitor seabird captures in demersal longline and trawl fisheries*. [SC-02-14.  7 pp](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Scientific-Committee-2nd/SC-02-Papers/SC-02-14-Observer-coverage-to-monitor-seabrid-captures-in-demersal-longline-and-trawl-fisheries.pdf).

 Garcia, M. 2014. *Overview of the fisheries and seabird bycatch in Chile*.  [SC-02-19_rev1.  11 pp](http://www.sprfmo.int/assets/Scientific-Committee-2nd/SC-02-Papers/SC-02-19-rev1-Overview-of-the-fisheries-and-seabird-bycatch-in-Chile.pdf).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 02 October 2014*