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Overview of Seabird Incidental Take Reduction in Alaska

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Juvenile and adult short-tailed albatross. Photo: Hiroshi Hasegawa
Juvenile and adult short-tailed albatross.
Photo: Hiroshi Hasegawa

  • FAO Seabird Initiative: International Efforts to Reduce Seabird Bycatch in Longline Fisheries
  • Fact Sheet: Spectacled Eider and Steller's Eider
  • The Bycatch Problem
  • The Short-tailed Albatross and the Endangered Species Act
  • Taking Regulatory Action: NMFS Alaska Region
  • USFWS's Encounter Form: for the Short-tailed Albatross
  • Free Streamer Lines for the Alaska Longline Fleet
  • Incidental Take Limit Established for the Endangered Short-Tailed Albatross
  • Seabird/Fishery News
  • Additional Web Sites on Seabirds and Seabird Incidental Take Reduction