Implement a participatory decision support tool to develop an integrated bycatch management plan for a Vanuatu flagged, Taiwanese-owned tuna longline fishery. Project will enable stakeholders to select a management strategy with acceptable multispecies conflicts and commercial viability costs while mitigating bycatch and mortality risk for vulnerable species.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Pacific Seabirds
Project Title: Integrated Seabird Bycatch Management Plan for Pacific Longline Fishery (Vanuatu)
Organization:
Safina Center
Project ID:
0115.22.073680
Description:
Award Amount:
$40000.00
Location:
The fishery occurs at grounds at higher latitudes across the Pacific, including in the central north Pacific Ocean to the north and west of the Hawaiian archipelago. Vanuatu is the domestic management. The vessels are owned by a Taiwanese company, based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.