Threat Abatement Plan for the Incidental Catch (or by-catch) of Seabirds During Oceanic Longline Fishing Operations

Prepared by
Biodiversity Group Environment Australia in consultation with the Threat Abatement Team
Environment Australia, 1998
ISBN 0 642 21420 4

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10. Implementation Schedule

Actions prescribed in this Plan will be implemented as follows:

Action	Description	Year 1				Year 2				Year 3				Year 4				Year 5
1.1	Night setting, thawed baits and weighted lines or successful new mitigation measures					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
1.2	Bird Scaring Lines - Domestic				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
1.3	Bird Scaring Lines - Foreign	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
1.4	Offal Discharge - Pelagic fisheries				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
2.1	Code of Practice for voluntary adoption of seabird mitigation measures			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
3.1	Fund research into mitigation measures	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
3.2	Commonwealth agencies set priorities for mitigation research	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
3.3	Provide for development and testing permits				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
3.4	Promote funding sources for research and development	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
4.1	Assess the by-catch rate on demersal longlines			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	>
5.1	Implement mitigation measures – demersal fisheries											*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	>
5.2	Development of mitigation measures for demersal fisheries around Heard, McDonald and Macquarie Islands				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
5.3	Offal Discharge - demersal vessels
6.1	Inform longline fishers about new mandatory measures and their obligations					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
6.2	Guide the implementation of an education strategy	-	-
7.1	Communicate results of mitigation trials and promote seabird by-catch mitigation with foreign fishers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
7.2	Communicate results of TAP through international conservation fora	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
8.1	Data sharing	-	-
8.2	Modify longline fisheries logbooks	-	-	-
8.3	Observation of Japanese longline operations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
8.4	Domestic longline observer program					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
8.5	Ensure that all seabirds killed on longlines are collected				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
9.1	Supply seabird by-catch data	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
9.2	Analyse seabird by-catch data	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
9.3	Assess the impact of TAP actions on other marine species	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
9.4	Analyse the seabirds collected	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
10.1	Report biannually to the Threat Abatement Team				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
10.2	Threat Abatement Team meet at least annually				•				•				•				•				•
10.3	Communicate results of seabird by-catch analysis to fishers				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	>
10.4	Threat Abatement Team produce report				•				•				•				•				•

* - Stars indicate actions which will be implemented if necessary

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