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

bycatch deterrent gillnet marine conservation mitigation measures seabirds

Journal

Royal Society open science
ISSN: 2054-5703
Titre abrégé: R Soc Open Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101647528

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 May 2021
Historique:
entrez: 13 5 2021
pubmed: 14 5 2021
medline: 14 5 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

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 reduced seabird bycatch across operational fisheries. Using a combination of insights from land-based strategies, seabirds' diving behaviours and their cognitive abilities, we developed a floating device exploring the effect of large eyespots and looming movement to prevent vulnerable seabirds from diving into gillnets. Here, we tested whether this novel above-water device called 'Looming eyes buoy' (LEB) would consistently deter vulnerable seaducks from a focal area. We counted the number of birds present in areas with and without LEBs in a controlled experimental setting. We show that long-tailed duck

Identifiants

pubmed: 33981446
doi: 10.1098/rsos.210225
pii: rsos210225
pmc: PMC8103233
doi:

Banques de données

figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5407427']
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.12jm63xxh']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

210225

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors.

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Auteurs

Yann Rouxel (Y)

BirdLife International Marine Programme, c/o the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland, 10 Park Quadrant, Glasgow, UK.

Rory Crawford (R)

BirdLife International Marine Programme, c/o the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland, 10 Park Quadrant, Glasgow, UK.

Ian R Cleasby (IR)

RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, UK.

Pete Kibel (P)

Fishtek Marine, Webbers Way, Dartington, Devon, UK.

Ellie Owen (E)

RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, UK.

Veljo Volke (V)

Estonian Ornithological Society, Veski 4, Tartu, Estonia.

Alexandra K Schnell (AK)

Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Steffen Oppel (S)

RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, UK.

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