Direct evidence of the impact of longline fishery on mortality in the Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
Direct evidence of the impact of longline fishery on mortality in the Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
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延绳钓渔业对黑脚信天翁 Phoebastria nigripes 死亡率影响的直接证据
DOI:
10.1017/s0959270912000299
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
S. Véran
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Lebreton;S. Véran
Summary The incidental bycatch of seabirds in longline fisheries is one of the most striking examples of diffuse and incidental impact of human activities on vertebrate species. While there are various types of evidence of a strong impact of longline fisheries on seabirds, in particular albatrosses, the incidental bycatch mortality has never been directly linked to estimates of bycatch derived from on-board surveys. We develop a capture-recapture analysis which relates the annual probability of survival in the Black-Footed Albatross to the estimated absolute bycatch. By converting the absolute bycatch into an estimate relative to population size and using the theory of exploited populations, we show that survival probability decreases linearly with bycatch, and that the bycatch is underestimated by at least 50%, confirming suspicions based on reviews of the bycatch survey procedures, and raising further concerns about the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds.