Reducing South Georgia albatross mortality in High Seas tuna fisheries
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £98,858
WHERE St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Summary
Albatrosses on South Georgia have been declining for over twenty years. Bycatch in fisheries outside South Georgian waters has been identified as the driver of these
declines, with Japanese and Taiwanese tuna fleets the greatest threat. To reduce bycatch, we will engage with Japanese purchasing companies using hard evidence and softer ‘stories’, and gain commitments from them to buy only tuna caught by vessels complying with seabird bycatch mitigation regulations. We will use independent compliance data to assess Taiwanese data.
