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Seabird bycatch mitigation and blue-dyed bait: A spectral and experimental assessment Biological Conservation, 2008 (Ref: 13450)
Authors:
Cocking L.J.Double M.C.Milburn P.J.Brando V.E.
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The application of blue-dye to fishing baits is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique used … in some pelagic longline fisheries that is thought to make the baits less visible and hence … less attractive to seabirds. We tested this assumption in two ways. First…

The potential of blue-dyed bait to reduce seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. Third Meeting of Advisory Committee, Valdivia, Chile 19-22 June 2007, 2007 (Ref: 13014)
Authors:
Cocking L.J.Milburn P.J.Brando V.Double M.C.
Category 2: International meeting papers

Blue-dyed bait is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique which is assumed to reduce the … contrast between the bait and the ocean background making baits visually cryptic to seabirds. We tested this assumption in two ways. First, using measured spectral profiles of blue-dyed … baits (fish and squid)…

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