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Resource Materials

This section contains resource materials that may be of use to members of the Cooperative for planning and implementing marine bird priorities. Some of the information available on this page is in draft form and should be used accordingly.

General

Managers Toolbox

National Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Seabird Catalog National Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Seabird Catalog Descriptions National Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Seabird Comments

Species Profiles of Western North Atlantic Seabirds, David S. Lee. This series of profiles on seabird species occurring in the Western North Atlantic was prepared to inform U.S. fishery observers and managers on oceanic and coastal bird life.

Table 1. Estimated numbers of seabirds nesting in four sectors of the eastern United States and the Bay of Fundy. From Ian C.T. Nisbet, Richard R. Veit, and Sasha A. Auer. 2008. Marine Birds of the Eastern USA and the Bay of Fundy:Distribution, Numbers, Trends, Threats and Management, Nuttall Ornithological Monographs, in press.

Table 8. Summary evaluation of threats to marine birds of the eastern USA.From Ian C.T. Nisbet, Richard R. Veit, and Sasha A. Auer. 2008. Marine Birds of the Eastern USA and the Bay of Fundy:Distribution, Numbers, Trends, Threats and Management, Nuttall Ornithological Monographs, in press.

Southeast Seabird Working Group

An independent, multi-disciplinary, national group working in cooperation to understand and address issues faced by birds in their marine environment.

Bycatch

Marine birds are susceptible to bycatch.

Locations of pelagic longline hauls observed by SEFSC and NEFSC observers, 1992-2002 (See example to the right).

Incidental captures of seabirds in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery,
1986-2005. D.N. Hata

The U.S. National Plan of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (NPOA): Its Implementation in the U.S. Atlantic Tuna, Swordfish, and Shark Longline Fisheries.

Development of Best Practices for the Collection of Longline Data to Facilitate Research and Analysis to
Reduce Bycatch: Draft executive summary from the report of a workshop held at the International Fisheries Observer Conference, November 8, 2004, Sydney, Australia

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Potential Priority Species

Northeast Fisheries Observer Program Protocols (NEFOP) and incidental take maps.

Distribution maps of observed fishing hauls from 2000-2005 using data collected from the NEFOP Program.

Southeast Fisheries and Observers

The Bird Life History Manual and Form

 

You will need WinZip to open these maps. If you do not have this software, you may obtain it free of charge by following the link above.

Developmental levels (stages) for observation program table.

Northeast Region Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology document (public hearing draft).

Number of seabirds observed interacting with fishing gear in the US Northwest Atlantic waters (north of South Carolina) in the time period from the first year gear type was observed through July 2006 (take table).

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act revision notes from the PSG Conservation Committee meeting, February 9, 2007, Asilomar, CA

Common Loons are susceptible to bycatch.

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act, 2006

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act Final with Amendment

Federal Register Notice List of Fisheries 2007

NOAA Fisheries National Bycatch Strategy

USFWS Bycatch Policy

Incidental Catch of Marine Mammals and Birds in the Kodiak Island Set Gillnet Fishery in 2002

Incidental Catch of Seabirds in the Set-Gillnet Fishery of Kodiak, Alaska poster

An Analysis of Seabird Bycatch in New England Commercial Fisheries, Thesis by Mary Lou Soczek

Population impacts of endangered short-tailed albatross bycatch in the Alaskan trawl fishery, Stephani G. Zador, André E. Punt, and Julia K. Parrish

NOAA Fisheries Web Resource List

Habitat

Brief review of most relevant habitat features to consider with seabirds

Oil Spill

Scavenging of Seabird Carcasses at Two Oil Spill Sites in California and Oregon

Using Beached Bird Monitoring Data for Seabird Damage Assessment: The Importance of Search Interval

The Efficiency of Searchers Recovering Seabirds and Waterfowl Killed In The 1997 M/V Kure Oil Spill In Northern California

Using Historical Oil Spill Data to Predict Seabird Mortality From Small Oil Spills

Seabird Mortality Resulting From The M/V New Carissa Oil Spill Incident February And March 1999

SEANET Volunteer Newsletter

The extent of chronic marine oil pollution in southeastern Newfoundland waters assessed through beached
bird surveys 1984–1999.

Terra Nova Oil Spill Information: a web page aimed at providing biological and legal information about the first major spill related to Atlantic Canada's offshore oil and gas development

Eider pair.