How to translate text using browser tools
19 June 2019 Overlap of Pink-footed Shearwaters and central Chilean purse-seine fisheries: Implications for bycatch risk
Ryan D. Carle, Jonathan J. Felis, Rodrigo Vega, Jessie Beck, Josh Adams, Verónica López, Peter J. Hodum, Andrés González, Valentina Colodro, Tiare Varela
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Understanding susceptibility of seabirds to fisheries bycatch requires quantifying overlap of seabird at-sea habitat with fisheries' distribution and effort. Pink-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna creatopus) are vulnerable seabirds that breed only in Chile. Recently, high rates of Pink-footed Shearwater bycatch (i.e. >1,500 observed mortalities 2015–2017) were documented by observers in central Chilean purse-seine fisheries. We present analysis of Pink-footed Shearwater at-sea movements and overlap with central Chilean purse-seine fleets targeting common sardine (Strangomera bentincki), Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), and Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi). To determine overlap during 2015–2017, we paired locations from 49 Pink-footed Shearwaters rearing nestlings at Isla Mocha, Chile, with locations and number of observed purse-seine sets in central Chile. Pink-footed Shearwaters typically visited waters ≤30 km offshore throughout central Chile. Foraging trip durations varied interannually, with longer trips in 2016, but all years revealed persistent foraging hotspots near Valdivia, the Gulf of Arauco, and Isla Mocha, Chile. Greatest overlap between Pink-footed Shearwaters and fisheries occurred with the sardine/anchoveta fleet near Valdivia (artisanal and industrial) and the Gulf of Arauco (artisanal); overlap with the jack mackerel fleet was minimal. Given Pink-footed Shearwater bycatch documented in these fisheries, this overlap may indicate risk of bycatch for these birds, although we did not directly quantify shearwater–fisheries interaction. Our results can inform further fishery monitoring efforts, as well as collaboration among scientists, managers, and fishers to identify, quantify, and reduce fisheries bycatch of Pink-footed Shearwaters within Chile and internationally.

Copyright © American Ornithological Society 2019. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Ryan D. Carle, Jonathan J. Felis, Rodrigo Vega, Jessie Beck, Josh Adams, Verónica López, Peter J. Hodum, Andrés González, Valentina Colodro, and Tiare Varela "Overlap of Pink-footed Shearwaters and central Chilean purse-seine fisheries: Implications for bycatch risk," The Condor 121(3), 1-13, (19 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duz026
Received: 8 December 2018; Accepted: 20 April 2019; Published: 19 June 2019
KEYWORDS
Ardenna creatopus
at-sea distribution
endangered species
Foraging trip
GPS tracking
Peruvian anchoveta
seabird conservation
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top