tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post7202936118705383566..comments2024-03-26T00:58:48.112-08:00Comments on Deckboss: Double bird trouble for Bering Sea longlinersDeckbosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148693485334011720noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-7989627657969391852010-09-20T16:34:46.220-08:002010-09-20T16:34:46.220-08:00Please read...
http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/en...Please read...<br /><br />http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/endangered/pdf/stal_recovery_plan.pdf<br /><br />~2400-2750 birds remain, vast majority are banded, i.e. infinitesimally small probability of even seeing a non-banded SBA.<br /><br />Eight observed birds killed in the US North Pacific fisheries in twenty years with an estimated annual population growth of 6.5-8%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-43674011108793122032010-09-20T13:22:52.229-08:002010-09-20T13:22:52.229-08:00Why don't they say anything about how these ST...Why don't they say anything about how these ST albatrosses were caught by the band that was placed on their legs? Something about how the researchers own actions put the endangered birds in harm's way. Funny thing -- all STAs caught in the longline fishery have been banded. This suggests that the act of banding affects the STAs in a way that they are habituated to human activities. Seems the incidental take statement needs to be updated to acknopwledge the scientific-research-led risk of increased interactions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-87269979200974333412010-09-19T08:43:55.827-08:002010-09-19T08:43:55.827-08:00'they' don't say anything about salmon...'they' don't say anything about salmon by catch because this is a long liner issue not a trawler issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188370370448778552.post-33899158625298760002010-09-17T09:30:13.510-08:002010-09-17T09:30:13.510-08:00why can't they say anything about the total by...why can't they say anything about the total bycatch of all the varieties of salmon that are caught before they reach their spawning grounds around the AYK rivers? It's been going on long before US trawlers, foreign fleets, CDQs, EEZs, Longliners. We can't eat short-tailed albatross birds anyways, besides making any money out of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com