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December 2005. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter June 2005. Government/Industry Partnership Helps Small Fishing Vessels Meet Federal And State Seabird Regulations April 2005. Using Digital Video Monitoring Systems in Fisheries: Application for Monitoring Compliance of Seabird Avoidance Devices and Seabird Mortality in Pacific Halibut Longline Fisheries March 2005. 70 FR 13174: Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit to conduct an experiment to evaluate the integrated weight groundline as a potential seabird avoidance measure in the 2005 Pacific cod hook-and-line fishery in the BSAI. February 2005. Editorial from Alaska Fisherman's JOURNAL: "Harbinger of Hope" Disclaimer Disclaimer December 2004. ADF&G Issues Seabird Avoidance Regulations for Longline Fisheries for Groundfish in State Waters, Parallel to the Federal Regulations December 2004. Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter 6 September 2004. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-147: Electronic Monitoring of Seabird Interactions with Trawl Third-wire Cables on Trawl Vessels—A Pilot Study June 2004. USFWS Director’s Order Pertaining to Migratory Bird Management and Conservation September 2004. USFWS receives a petition to list the Black-footed Albatross under the Endangered Species Act August 2004. Editorial from Pacific Fishing Magazine: "Why Should We Help Russians Avoid Albatross? Our fisheries could be shut down if we don't". Disclaimer March 2004. Discussion Paper on Seabird Interactions with Trawl Vessel Gear - North Pacific Fishery Management Council Protected Resources Report June 2004. Efforts address seabird mortality in Russian longline fisheries May 2004. Washington Sea Grant Program Exempted Fishing Permit application to test integrated weight groundline April 2002. WSGP Seabird Streamer Line Schematic plus Performance Standards and Availability of Free Streamer Lines September 2003. Incidental Take Limits Established for the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross in the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries August 2004 Workshop at International Albatross & Petrel Conference - Quantifying seabird bycatch: A global perspective July 2004 Australian scientist wins Pew Fellowship to research seabird avoidance in longline fisheries June 2004 Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter 5 May 2004 Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team meets in Japan to work on Recovery Plan April 2004 Efforts underway in Peru to address seabird incidental catch January 2004Albatross Nest Count Completed at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge January 2004 Revised seabird avoidance measures for vessels in the hook-and-line fisheries off Alaska December 2003 Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Four, December 2003: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices. July 2003 Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Three, July 2003: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices. July 2003. Information requested for sightings of the endangered short-tailed albatross. June 2003 Update on International Fishermen's competition for $20,000 prize for seabird bycatch mitigation. Proposals due June 30, 2003. February 2003 68 FR 6386, February 7, 2003. Proposed revisions to seabird avoidance measures in the hook-and-line fisheries off Alaska February 2003 Southern Seabird Solutions Newsletter - Issue Two: International organization promoting seabird-safe fishing practices |
 February 2003. Implementation of the US National Plan of Action on Seabirds: US report for FAO Committee on Fisheries meeting February 2003. International Fishermen's Competition for seabird bycatch mitigation. December 2002 DRAFT Seabird EA/RIR/IRFA for a Regulatory Amendment to Revise Regulations for Seabird Avoidance Measures in the Hook-and-line Fisheries off Alaska to Reduce the Incidental Catch of the Short-tailed Albatross and Other Seabird Species, December 2002 November 2002 International Fisher's Forum set for November September 2002 Travel assistance available for participants of the International Fishers Forum on seabird and sea turtle bycatch in longline fisheries August 2002 Volcanic Erruption on Torishima Island, Japan, Site of Breeding Colony of the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross June 2002. The Washington Sea Grant Program Workshop on Seabird Bycatch Avoidance in Petersburg, Alaska May 2002 NMFS's Pacific Islands Area Office issues a final rule for seabird mitigation measures May 2002. The Washington Sea Grant Program Workshops On Seabird Bycatch Avoidance In Sitka and Cordova, Alaska March 2002 68 FR 11501, March 11, 2003. Notice of decision on petition for rulemaking on bycatch. December 2001. Changes Coming to Seabird Avoidance Regulations in Groundfish and Halibut Hook-and-Line Fisheries Off Alaska November 2001. Revised DRAFT Seabird EA/RIR/IRFA (replaced by 12/02 draft EA/RIR/IRFA) October 2001. NMFS appoints a national seabird coordinator June 2001: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels June 2001: Revised monitoring plan for short-tailed albatross in the Pacific halibut fishery June 2001: NMFS Reports on the Current Breeding Status of the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross May 2001 Code descriptions clarified for seabird avoidance devices used with hook-and-line gear May 2001: Status of Changes to the Current Seabird Avoidance Requirements for the Alaska Hook-and-Line Fishery and Availability of Free Streamer Lines February 2001: NOAA Fisheries Releases a National Plan of Action to Protect Seabirds January 2001: Options for Monitoring the Take of Short-tailed Albatross in the AK Pacific Halibut Fishery January 2001: Extension of the short-tailed albatross incidental take limit in the AK groundfish fishery Final Report on the International Fishers' Forum on Solving the Incidental Capture of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries, Auckland, New Zealand, 6-9 November 2000 October 2000: Status of Alaska Seabird Mitigation Regulations June 2000: IUCN's Resolution on Seabird Mortality from Longlining in the Southern Ocean March 2000: USFWS Funds Available to Alaska Longline Industry for Seabird Deterrent Devices |
