Download AEBR 213 – Estimation of fishing effort in the Southern Hemisphere

Francis, M.P.; Hoyle, S.D. (2019). Estimation of fishing effort in the Southern Hemisphere.

New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report No. 213. 24 p.

This report estimates the high seas fishing effort expended in the Southern Hemisphere by the main methods likely to impact seabirds (surface and bottom longline, and trawl). Data were sourced from 10 Regional Fisheries Management Organisations. Effort totals are biased low (sometimes substantially) in some regions and times, although the degree of under-estimation has probably declined through time. These estimates will be used in a subsequent quantitative risk assessment of seabirds.

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