在大西洋和太平洋公海上進行的延繩釣捕撈作業方式，未來將使用特殊的繩索來驅趕海鳥，避免海鳥將放置在延繩上的誘餌當作食物。
所謂的避鳥繩，是指在漁船船尾部繫上綁有飄帶的繩索，其功用在防止延繩放置在海上時，魚餌被海鳥啄食。
這項措施是為了保護信天翁和其他海鳥，牠們的數量越來越少，有部份原因是牠們為了啄食魚餌，誤觸漁民捕捉鮪魚、旗魚的延繩釣漁網而被纏死。
此項針對太平洋延繩漁釣所進行的協商，對於美國來說特別重要，因為3種信天翁品種中，有2種是在北太平洋所發現，包括黑背信天翁和黑腳信天翁，主要繁殖地點在夏威夷群島西北部；第3種受到延繩釣影響的短尾信天翁則是在美國海域被發現，日本為其主要繁殖地，此品種已被列入美國瀕危物種法案中，目前全球僅剩2200隻。
Longline fishing fleets on the high seas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will now use special lines that scare seabirds to keep them from taking the bait set out on the long lines as food.
Bird-scaring lines, also called tori lines, are streamers that hang from a line attached at the stern of a fishing vessel. They help prevent birds from reaching the bait when fishing lines are set in the ocean.
These measures will protect endangered albatross and seabird species that fly far from land. Their populations are declining faster than most birds around the world, in part due to their incidental catch in fishing long lines used to catch tuna and swordfish.
The negotiations in the Pacific were particularly significant for the United States because two of the three albatross species found in the North Pacific Ocean - the Laysan albatross and the black-footed albatross - breed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
A third species affected by fishing lines - the short-tailed albatross - breeds in Japan and is found in U.S. waters. It is listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and there are only about 2,200 short-tailed albatross alive today.
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