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Crew on fishing boat.
Improve your seabird-safe practices
Learn about seabird-safe practices for ocean risk zones.

This toolkit is in development. Send feedback to toolkit@doc.govt.nz.

If you know if your fishing area is high risk, medium risk or low risk for threatened seabirds, click on the risk zone below to learn the practices to use for best seabird safety.

If you don’t know if your fishing area is high risk, medium risk or low risk for threatened seabirds, use the seabird map to find out. 

Practices to use for best seabird safety

  • Bird-scaring lines + night setting + line weighting
  • Hook-shielding devices

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Practices to use for best seabird safety

  • Bird-scaring lines + night setting + line weighting
  • Hook-shielding devices
  • Underwater bait setter
  • Night setting + line weighting
  • Bird-scaring lines + night setting
  • Bird-scaring lines + line weighting

Learn more about these seabird-safe practices

Assess your seabird-safe verification

Practices to use for best seabird safety

  • Bird-scaring lines + night setting + line weighting
  • Hook-shielding devices
  • Underwater bait setter
  • Night setting + line weighting
  • Bird-scaring lines + night setting
  • Bird-scaring lines + line weighting
  • Bird-scaring lines
  • Night setting

Learn more about these seabird-safe practices

Assess your seabird-safe verification