Report of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. 12.1.1 The Convenor of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG), ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (New Zealand), introduced the report of the 10th Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG10). This report (AC12 Doc 13) outlined intersessional progress against the SBWG Work Programme as well as discussions and advice resulting from the meeting of SBWG10 held online from 17 - 19 August (UTC+10). The SBWG Convenor noted the challenges faced by the Working Group in conducting a virtual meeting and thanked the vice-convenors (▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Uruguay, and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Seco Pon, Argentina) and all participants in the meeting for their goodwill and engagement. 12.1.2 The Advisory Committee thanked the SBWG Convenors and the Secretariat for preparing this report, and agreed the following advice based on recommendations from the SBWG, and took note of it when developing the AC Work Programme: 12.1.3 Seabird bycatch mitigation in trawl fisheries (i) Endorse the updated review and best practice advice for reducing the impact of pelagic and demersal trawl fisheries on seabirds. (ii) Encourage implementation of the research priorities for bycatch mitigation in trawl fisheries.
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Sources: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels