The following management documents address seabird incidental take in the Hawaii longline fishery.

• 2008 Seabird Annual Report (Aug 2009, 1 MB)
  
  
• A Fisherman's Guide to Hawaii's Seabirds (pdf 485 kB)
  
  
• Final Environmental Impact Statement; Seabird Interaction Avoidance Methods and Pelagic Squid Fishery Management
  
  
• Side Setting Brochure (Feb 2005, pdf 560 kB)
  
  
• Performance Assessment of Underwater Setting Chutes, Side Setting, and Blue-Dyed Bait to Minimize Seabird Mortality in Hawaii Longline Tuna and Swordfish Fisheries (Aug 2003, pdf 661 kB)
  
  
• Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Shallow-set Sector of the Hawaii Longline Fishery on the Short-tailed Albatross (Oct 2004, pdf 5.3 MB)

To learn more about seabird identification please visit the protected species workshop resource page.

For information on U.S. and International seabird bycatch reduction efforts, please visit the NMFS Alaska region's seabird page.