A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna

S Lucas, P Berggren - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2023 - Springer
Marine megafauna are critical for marine ecosystem health and their removal can cause
food webs to collapse. Methods to reduce marine megafauna mortality can result in conflict …

Efficacy of time-area fishing restrictions and gear-switching as solutions for reducing seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries

CE O'Keefe, SX Cadrin, G Glemarec… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the global scale of gillnet bycatch, universal measures that effectively reduce
bycatch of seabirds in gillnets have not been found. Bycatch in coastal gillnet fisheries is an …

Binocular vision and foraging in ducks, geese and swans (Anatidae)

JC Cantlay, GR Martin… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Wide variation in visual field configuration across avian species is hypothesized to be driven
primarily by foraging ecology and predator detection. While some studies of selected taxa …

Using a visual deterrent to reduce seabird interactions with gillnets

A Almeida, H Alonso, N Oliveira, E Silva… - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Bycatch is one of the main threats to seabird conservation. In Portugal, there are alarming
estimates of seabirds bycaught per year in bottom gillnet fisheries, which get entangled …

Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery to characterise pursuit-diving seabird association with tidal stream hydrodynamic habitat features

J Slingsby, BE Scott, L Kregting, J McIlvenny… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tidal stream environments exhibit fast current flows and unique turbulent features occurring
at fine spatio-temporal scales (metres and seconds). There is now global recognition of the …

Buoys with looming eyes deter seaducks and could potentially reduce seabird bycatch in gillnets

Y Rouxel, R Crawford, IR Cleasby… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bycatch of seabirds in gillnet fisheries is a global conservation issue with an estimated 400
000 seabirds killed each year. To date, no underwater deterrents trialled have consistently …

Natural and social science approaches are both needed to manage bird bycatch in small‐scale fisheries

I Psuty, J Całkiewicz - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Puck Bay is one of the most important resting and wintering places for seabirds in the Baltic
Sea. It is also an important, intensively used fishery ground for traditional small‐scale …

Underwater hearing in sea ducks with applications for reducing gillnet bycatch through acoustic deterrence

KA McGrew, SE Crowell, JL Fiely… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
As diving foragers, sea ducks are vulnerable to underwater anthropogenic activity, including
ships, underwater construction, seismic surveys and gillnet fisheries. Bycatch in gillnets is a …

[HTML][HTML] Test of light emitting diodes (LED) as a possible bycatch mitigation measure in a gillnet fishery

S Post, F Merkel, M Olesen, N Nørgaard… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Substantial seabird bycatch occurs in North Atlantic lumpfish fisheries, potentially impacting
seabird populations and raising concerns about the fisheries' sustainability. Despite …

A seabird's eye view: visual fields of some seabirds (Laridae and Procellariidae) from tropical latitudes

EA Lucas, GR Martin, G Rocamora, SJ Portugal - The Science of Nature, 2024 - Springer
The visual field of a bird defines the amount of information that can be extracted from the
environment around it, using the eyes. Previous visual field research has left large …