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Assess your seabird-safe verification
Find out if your ways of verifying seabird-safe practices are reliable.

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Select the verification method that you currently use.

Bird-scaring lines

Best reliability: Can verify the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are met

Line weighting

Best reliability: Can verify the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are met

Night setting

Best reliability: Can verify the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are met

Hook-shielding devices

Best reliability: Can verify the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are met

Underwater bait setting

Best reliability: Can verify the seabird-safe practice is being used and all specifications are met

Bird-scaring lines

Poor reliability: Dockside inspection cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used but can verify if some specifications are met.

Line weighting

Partial reliability: dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Night setting 

No reliability: Dockside inspection cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

Poor reliability: Dockside inspection cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used but can verify if some specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

Poor reliability: Dockside inspection cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used but can verify if some specifications are met.

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Bird-scaring lines

No reliability: Remote Monitoring Systems (VMS/AIS) cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Line weighting

No reliability: Remote Monitoring Systems (VMS/AIS) cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Night setting

Best reliability: Remote Monitoring Systems (VMS/AIS) can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used and if all specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

No reliability: Remote Monitoring Systems (VMS/AIS) cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

No reliability: Remote Monitoring Systems (VMS/AIS) cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

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Bird-scaring lines

Medium reliability: Electronic monitoring can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Line weighting

Medium reliability: Electronic monitoring can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Night setting

High reliability: Electronic monitoring can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used and if all specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

Medium reliability: Electronic monitoring can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

Medium reliability: Electronic monitoring can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

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Bird-scaring lines

Partial reliability: Electronic monitoring combined with dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Line weighting

Best reliability: Electronic monitoring combined with dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used and if all specifications are met.

Night setting

Best reliability: Electronic monitoring combined with dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used and if all specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

Partial reliability: Electronic monitoring combined with dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

Partial reliability: Electronic monitoring combined with dockside inspection can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

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Bird-scaring lines

Partial reliability: Bird-scaring line tension device can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

Line weighting

No reliability: Bird-scaring line tension device cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Night setting

No reliability: Bird-scaring line tension device cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

No reliability: Bird-scaring line tension device cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

No reliability: Bird-scaring line tension device cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

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Bird-scaring lines

No reliability: Underwater bait setter sensor cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Line weighting

No reliability: Underwater bait setter sensor cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Night setting

No reliability: Underwater bait setter sensor cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Hook-shielding devices

No reliability: Underwater bait setter sensor cannot verify if the seabird-safe practice is used or if specifications are met.

Underwater bait setting

Patial reliability: Underwater bait setter sensor can verify if the seabird-safe practice is used, and if some but not all specifications are met.

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