Preliminary assessment of the impact on UK seabird populations of mortality from incidental bycatch occurring in UK waters

As a first step to develop and implement a UK Plan of Action on incidental bycatch of seabirds in UK waters, an assessment is required of the impact of bycatch on UK seabird populations. To date no comprehensive assessment has been made, so the scale of any "problem" is unclear, as are what management or further monitoring should be sought (if any) and how bycatch should be prioritised in relation to other pressures. The aims of the Project are: 1. To ascertain whether current levels of bycatch are causing a reduction in population growth rate of marine bird populations; 2. Predict what would happen to population growth rates of marine bird populations in the event that bycatch mitiga…

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