Deploy tested tori line systems in the Hawaii deep-set longline fishery to reduce bycatch and albatross mortality. Project will fabricate and distribute approximately 80 tori line systems for stern setting vessels as part of an updated mitigation strategy to reduce albatross interactions in the fishery.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Pacific Seabirds
Project Title: Reducing Seabird Bycatch through Tori Line Distribution in the Hawaii Longline Fisheries (HI)
Organization:
Hawaii Longline Association
Project ID:
0115.22.073760
Description:
Award Amount:
$65000.00
Location:
US EEZ waters around Hawaii Archipelago and adjacent high seas