[Birdbycatch] NPR radio report on seabird avoidance research

[Kimberly S Dietrich]

National Public Radio Station, KFSK, in Petersburg, Alaska, ran a story
on Seabird Avoidance Research currently being conducted by Washington
Sea Grant Program on smaller vessels.......BIRD AVOIDANCE: A UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON RESEARCHER IS STUDYING THE USE OF SEABIRD AVOIDANCE
DEVICES ON LONGLINE BOATS IN SOUTHEAST.   BASED ON EARLIER RESEARCH, THE
NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL RECENTLY
      STRENGTHENED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF SUCH DEVICES,
PARTICULARLY ON LARGER BOATS IN THE OUTSIDE WATERS. THIS NEW STUDY IS
MEANT TO HELP ESTABLISH PRACTICAL STANDARDS FOR
      USING THE DEVICES ON SMALLER VESSELS. MATT LICHTENSTEIN REPORTS:
RUNS  4:36 AIRED 6/06/02

Go to
http://www.alaska.net/~kfsk/nxframe.html
and scroll down to find and hear this story.