The Group's main objective is to mitigate and reduce the negative interaction between fishing operations and albatrosses and petrels.
During the meeting the topics covere included: recommendations, mitigation and best practices for each type of fishery (demersal and pelagic longline, trawl and gillnet), bycatch data collection, development of indicators, prioritisation of conservation actions, developing elements of technical information and progress in the implementation of national action plan.
It is noteworthy that, Argentina reported on the completion, in 2012, of the First Workshop Track National Action Plan to Reduce Bird Interaction with Fisheries (PAN BIRD) in Argentina.
