[Birdbycatch] [Fwd: seabird/fishery news updates!!!!!]

[Liz Mitchell]

>New links on the NMFS seabird web site from Kim Rivera--Comments on Alaska 
>seabird regulations due 10 March, other seabird-related links and 
>International Fishermen's Competition poster:


>Here's some new information for you.....see the NMFS Alaska Region
>seabird weblink at
>http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/seabirds/newsitems.htm
>and check out the top 3 links.
>
>BirdLife International's Seabird Conservation Programme is sponsoring an
>International Fishermen's Competition---looking for ideas from fishermen
>on effective ways to keep birds from getting hooked on longlines.  Top
>prize is $18,000 euros (about $18,000 US!).  See the link for details.
>Competition closes June 30, 2003; this competition was announced at the
>2nd International Fishers Forum.
>
>The 2nd Newsletter of the group Southern Seabird Solutions is now
>available.  See what our neighbors in the Southern Hemisphere are doing
>to keep birds from getting hooked.
>
>And then see the 3rd link.....the US reports to the FAO's Committee on
>Fisheries in February in Rome on its implementation of the National Plan
>of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline
>Fisheries.
>
>
>Also, take a look at the 4th link.....the comment period for the
>proposed rule to make changes to the seabird avoidance requirements for
>groundfish and halibut fisheries off Alaska (hook-and-line gear) closes
>Monday, March 10.  So, if you've been meaning to submit comments, get on
>it!  Remember, comments must be snail-mailed or faxed (907-586-7557),
>they can not be accepted by email.

Elizabeth Mitchell
P.O. Box 933
Eugene, Oregon 97440
U.S.A.
Tel: 541/ 935-0858
E-mail: emitch@efn.org