Fisheries Infosite

Region - North West (FMA 9)


14 items
Category Environmental impacts
Effects on other species
Fur seal accidental capture (middle-depth trawling) details
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Fur seals accidental capture (inshore trawling). details
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Fur seal entanglements in set nets details
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Bottlenose, Dusky and Common dolphin entanglements in set nets. details
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Common dolphin accidental capture in jack mackerel fishery. details
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Bottlenose, Dusky and Common dolphin accidental capture (inshore trawling). details
Effects on other species
Seabird interactions (and their accidental capture) with bottom longline fishing vessels details
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Seabird interactions (and their accidental capture) with surface longline fishing vessels details
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Seabird interactions with scampi trawlers. details
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Shags becoming trapped in baited pots. details
Fishing effects on habitat
Bottom trawling effects on sea bed habitats details
Effects on other species
Occasional turtle entanglements in surface longlines details
Habitat
Sedimentation and smothering. Muds and silts washed down into the nearshore area details
Habitat
Eutrophication. High nutrient levels can cause 'blooms' of phytoplankton and algae. details