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

• A Fisherman's Guide to Hawaii's Seabirds (pdf 485 kB)
• Final Environmental Impact Statement; Seabird Interaction Avoidance Methods and Pelagic Squid Fishery Management (April 2005)
• 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 661kB)
• Side Setting Brochure (Inside) (Feb 2005, pdf 1.8MB)
• Side Setting Brochure (Outside) (Feb 2005, pdf 1.6MB)
• 2006 Seabird Annual Report (Apr 2007, pdf (538 kB)
• 2005 Seabird Annual Report (Apr 2006, pdf 809kB)
• 2004 Seabird Annual Report (Apr 2005, pdf 539kB)
• 2003 Seabird Annual Report (Sep 2003, pdf 547kB)
• 2002 Seabird Annual Report (Nov 2003, 1.1MB)
• 2000-2001 Seabird Annual Report (Sep 2003, pdf 2.3MB)
• Estimation of Incidental Takes of Blackfooted and Laysan Albatross in the Hawaii Longline Fishery during 2001 (Aug 2003, pdf 15kB))
• Estimation of Incidental Takes of Seabirds in the Hawaii Longline Fishery, 2002 (Sep 2003, pdf 11kB)
• Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Shallow-set Sector of the Hawaii Longline Fishery on the Short-tailed Albatross (Oct 2004, pdf 5.3MB)

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.