Mitigation Fact Sheets. The third meeting o the Advisory Committee (Cape Town, 2008) gratefully accepted the invitation by BirdLife (SBWG-2 Doc 9) to collaborate on an initiative to distribute and maintain a suite of fact sheets aimed at fisheries managers to assist in reducing bycatch in longline and trawl fisheries (AC4 Doc 14 Rev 5). The Working Group again thanked BirdLife for the opportunity to collaborate on the maintenance and dissemination of this important product and acknowledged the important contributions of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (Australia) and Xx Xxxxxx (USA) who worked with BirdLife to develop the initial version of the series. It is intended that the Fact Sheets will be co-branded as an ACAP and BirdLife product. The SBWG discussed the mechanisms for maintaining and updating the fact sheets and agreed that the series would be web-based and downloadable in pdf format. The target languages for the series include in order of priority include; English (which is already available), Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Korean. To minimise costs, individual fact sheets would be selected for translation based on target fisheries of that language that would assist in the conservation of ACAP listed species. Discussions on the review and dissemination of the fact sheets series will become a standing agenda item with intersessional work to conduct the required periodic reviews. The process outlined by the Working Group applied the following principles: — all Fact Sheets will be reviewed over a four year cycle, or as required based on new information, with the exception of streamer lines and line weighting for pelagic longlines, which will be reviewed every two years (see below); and — the SBWG will assign responsibility to an individual for coordinating reviews of individual fact sheets. The WG also noted on-going discussions with FAO about their potential involvement with the series of fact sheets. An update on this issue will be provided for SBWG 4/AC6. SBWG requested that the AC allocate AU$5,000 a year for the next 5 years for the collaboration between the ACAP and BirdLife to maintain and update the fact sheet series. Fact Sheet Version Revision
Mitigation Fact Sheets. 15.16.1 SBWG noted progress with the translation of the ACAP/BirdLife International Mitigation Fact Sheets (SBWG-4 Doc 37). Translations are complete for Spanish, Portuguese and French editions and are available in pdf format, and good progress has been made with a Japanese version. Translators for Mandarin and Korean languages are in the process of being contracted and it is planned to have the full set of fact sheets translated into these two languages in the first half of 2012.
Mitigation Fact Sheets. (i) Supported the update of the remaining Mitigation Fact Sheets to the new simplified format in a phased approach prioritising measures that are considered best practice, and allocated funding to achieve this aim. This includes the finalization and production of the new format Mitigation Fact Sheets for line weighting and hook- shielding devices.
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