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Seabird beachcast events associated with bycatch in the Norwegian purse seine fishery

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MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 177, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105625

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Coastal waters; Fisheries interaction; Gulls; Laridae; Mortality; Necropsies; Observer programme; Stranding's

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  1. Norwegian Environment Agency
  2. SEAPOP programme - Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment via the Norwegian Environment Agency
  3. Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy via the Norwegian Research Council [192141]
  4. Norwegian Oil and Gas Association

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Beachcast events, where a large number of seabird carcasses drift ashore, occur irregularly. A study in northern Norway investigated the cause of death in dead gulls found after mass mortality events, and found that drowning was the primary cause. Monitoring fishing operations revealed that bycatch in coastal purse seine fishery may be a potential cause of seabird mortality.
Beachcast events, where a large number of seabird carcasses drift ashore, occur with irregular intervals. These events are due to specific situations where mass mortality of seabirds have occurred. Disentangling the cause of these events can provide valuable information on stressors impacting seabird populations. Following several mass mortality events involving gulls in northern Norway, an investigation of the probable cause of death was initiated. In total 75 dead gulls were collected at two occasions and necropsies were carried out. The findings from the necropsy of the gulls were consistent with drowning as the primary cause of death. Bycatch in coastal purse seine fishery was considered a potential cause of the mortality and monitoring of seabird bycatch in this fishery was thus initiated. The monitoring of fishing operations revealed that 10% of 91 fishing events observed led to bycatch, with a total of 32 bycaught seabirds. These bycatch events resulted in a total estimated bycatch rate of 0.356 (95% CI = 0.133-0.949) birds per haul. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the registered mortality events were caused by bycatch in the purse seine fishery. The highly episodic and unpredictable nature of these events makes it demanding to achieve solid estimates of the occurrence and extent of bycatch without a very high monitoring effort. Our study shows that systematic investigation following beachcast events can shed light on the occurrence of such extreme events.

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