Potential Priority Species

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Potential Priority Species
Species Conservation Status Population Trend Observed Fisheries Take (1989-2006 NE and MA only) Fisheries with Documented Takes Priority Data Gaps
Greater Shearwater LC, X, HC, HC, HC Unknown 468 GN, BT, MT, PLL, BLL, SD Level/characteristics of offshore fisheries interactions, potential take associated with offal discard, population trends
Sooty Shearwater NT, X, MC, MC, MC Unknown 89 GN Level/characteristics of offshore fisheries interactions, population trends
Unknown Shearwater N/A N/A 866 GN, BT, PLL, SD, PDG N/A
Common Loon LC, X, MC, MC, MC US and Quebec stable Maritimes declining 219 GN, SD Level/characteristics of inshore fisheries interactions, reason (s) for population decline in Maritimes
Red-throated Loon LC, X, HC, HC, HC Unknown 201 GN Level/characteristics of inshore fisheries interactions, population trends
Unknown Loon N/A N/A 102 GN N/A
Northern Gannet LC, X, LC, LC, LC Increasing 179 GN, BT, MT, PLL Level/characteristics of offshore fisheries interactions
Conservation Status IUCN, ESA, NAWCP, BCR 14,
BCR 30 Population Trend Information MANEM
plan Fisheries Data Palka and Warden
paper Fisheries Types Gillnet (GN), Bottom
trawl (BT), Mid-water trawl (MT), Pelagic
longline (PLL), Bottom longline (BLL), and
Scallop Dredge (SD), Pelagic drift gillnet (PDG)