Northwestern Atlantic Birds at Sea Conservation Cooperative

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The charge of this working group is to explore the relationship between fisheries bycatch and marine bird populations. The working group is focusing on analyzing information on fisheries bycatch in the northeast and mid-Atlantic fisheries, analyzing information on the age and gender of birds caught in fisheries, improving information collected by observers on fisheries vessels, and improving coordination between fisheries and bird managers.

Common Loons are susceptible to bycatch.

Working Group Chair: Kim Rivera

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Proposals of the AMBCC Addresses Seabird Action Item #10: Increase and target observer coverage in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Proposals of the AMBCC Addresses Seabird Action Item #10: Improved observer coverage of pelagic long line sets on Outerbanks Outer Shelf.

Proposal of the AMBCC Addresses Seabird Bycatch Proposed Action Items #2A and 2C: Improve the quality and quantity of information on seabirds obtained from U.S. fishery observer programs and research vessels in the Western North Atlantic.