Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets Update

Following SBWG11, progress has been made with a factsheet on pelagic longline bird scaring lines for vessels 35m. Factsheets for vessels ≥35m, and for demersal longline bird scaring lines, remain to be completed as a priority, along several others that are yet to be converted into the new simplified format: demersal longline line weighting (currently separate sheets for external weights, integrated weights and Chilean system), trawl warp strike and trawl net entanglement.

RECOMMENDATIONS
The Seabird Bycatch Working Group is asked to: 1. Review and endorse the draft bird scaring lines factsheet for pelagic longline vessels 35m presented in ANNEX 1. 2. Review the priorities for factsheet updates, and their target languages. 3. Consider assisting with in-kind support for translations and proofreading.