Bird curtains, a horizontal pole with vertical streamers, positioned aft of the setting station, may deter birds from flying close to the side of a fishing vessel. The combined use of side-setting, line weighting and a bird curtain should be considered as a single measure.
See side-setting for more detail.
References
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Jiménez S, Barrington JHS (2024) ACAP Review of Mitigation Measures and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds [2024]. In: ACAP - Twelfth Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. SBWG12 Doc 07, Lima, Peru