Bycatch of northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Norwegian longline fisheries: Assessing spatiotemporal variations in scale and risk to improve management

• Published in: Global ecology and conservation Vol. 56; p. e03350
• Main Authors: Clegg, Tom L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe, Bråthen, Vegard Sandøy, Tarroux, Arnaud, Danielsen, Johannis, Descamps, Sébastien, Follestad, Arne, Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor, Helberg, Morten, Helgason, Hálfdán H., Jónsson, Jón Einar, Kolbeinsson, Yann, Strøm, Hallvard, Thompson, Paul, Thorarinsson, Thorkell Lindberg, Williams, Tom, Bærum, Kim Magnus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Bycatch; data collection; ecology; Fulmarus glacialis; Hotspots; Longline; longline fisheries; Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400; Mathematics and natural scienses: 400; Northern fulmar; Norwegian Sea; Reference Fleet; risk; Self-sampling; species; time series analysis; VDP; Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Zoology and botany: 480; Norwegian Sea; Self-sampling; Longline; Bycatch; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern fulmar; Reference Fleet; Hotspots

Seabirds are vulnerable to bycatch in longline fisheries but for most species the impacts are largely unknown. To address this knowledge gap, studies can estimate bycatch directly using observations or calculate the theoretical risk of bycatch using overlap indexes. Here we quantify the scale and ri...