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The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

Progress report – December 20th 2023

Objective 1: Determine the at-sea distribution and abundance of small-cetaceans (with particular emphasis on Burmeister’s porpoises) in the coastal waters of one of the main ports for Peruvian coastal fisheries.

Please see this report documenting shortcomings of US management of bycatch in US fisheries: 

A Taiwanese tuna trader announces plan to implement seabird bycatch mitigation in its longline fleet. See: https://www.atuna.com/news/fcf-kick-starts-program-to-mitigate-seabird-…

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