Estimation of Incidental Interactions with Sea Turtles and Seabirds in the 2012 Hawaii Longline Deep-Set Fishery.

摘要

This report provides estimates of the number of incidental interactions with protected species of marine turtles and seabirds by the Hawaii longline deep-set fishery in the year 2012. For each species, point estimates of the number of interactions rounded to the nearest whole number, along with estimated 95% confidence intervals, are given in Table 1. Supplemental information is provided in the attached Excel workbook. The supplemental file includes the numbers of observed takes of protected sea turtles and seabirds, unrounded point estimates of interactions with each species, and aggregated 2012 effort statistics for the deep-set fishery.