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catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations in a feasible, effective and efficient manner.

Organisations and persons involved in evaluating the performance of threat abatement plan
Threat abatement plans may identify the organisations and persons involved in evaluating performance of the plan (EPBC Act s 271(4)(b)). The Department of the Environment and Energy will evaluate performance of this threat abatement plan in consultation with key stakeholders and relevant seabird experts. It will report the results of the review to the Minister for the Environment, through the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.

Major ecological matters that may be affected by threat abatement plan
Threat abatement plans may specify any major ecological matters that will be affected by the plan (EPBC Act s 271(4)(c)). This threat abatement plan is unlikely to affect other ecological matters, but all actions undertaken will take into account any impacts on the conservation status of non-seabird species including threatened sharks, marine mammals and marine reptiles.

References
  AAD (Australian Antarctic Division) (2005) Background to the Threat Abatement Plan for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations, Kingston, Tasmania, 35p.
  Available on the internet at: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/21510/ml_38623723599537_tap-2-backgroundpaper-sept-2005.pdf.
  ACAP (Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels) (2016a) ACAP review and best practice advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longlines on seabirds.
  Available on the internet at: http://www.acap.aq/en/bycatch-mitigation/mitigation-advice.
  ACAP (2016b) ACAP Summary advice for reducing impact of demersal longlines on seabirds.
  Available on the internet at: http://www.acap.aq/en/bycatch-mitigation/mitigation-advice.
  AFMA (Australian Fisheries Management Authority) (2016a) Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2010.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00636.
  AFMA (2016b) Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery Management Plan 2002.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00640.
  AFMA (2016c) Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery Management Plan 2006.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00637.
  AFMA (2016d) Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Management Plan 2003.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00638.
  AFMA (2016e) Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00639.
  Brothers N (1991) Albatross mortality and associated bait loss in the Japanese longline fishery in the Southern Ocean. Biological Conservation 55: 255‑268.
  Commonwealth of Australia (2014) Threat Abatement Plan 2014 for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations, Department of the Environment. Canberra.
  Available on the internet at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2014L01196.
  DAWR (Department of Agriculture and Water Resources) (2017a) Commonwealth Fisheries Bycatch Policy: Draft for Consultation, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Canberra, 19p.
  Available on the internet at: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/fisheries/environment/bycatch/draft-bycatch-policy.pdf.

  DAWR (2017b) National Plan of Action for minimising the incidental catch of seabirds in Australian capture fisheries, Canberra, 42p.
  Available on the internet at: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/fisheries/environment/bycatch/consultation-draft-npoa-seabirds.pdf.
  DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) (2009) National Policy on Fisheries