An experimental assessment of factors affecting the sink rates of spanish-rig longlines to minimize impacts on seabirds

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Experimental determinations of factors affecting the sink rates of baited hooks to minimize seabird mortality in pelagic longline fisheries

✍ Graham Robertson; Steven G. Candy; Barbara Wienecke; Kieran Lawton 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 494 KB

## Abstract An experiment was conducted in Australia's pelagic longline fishery to establish a scientific basis for the introduction of line weighting to reduce seabird mortality. The experiment examined the effects of different bait species (blue mackerel, yellow‐tail mackerel and squid), bait lif