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The article examines three seabird bycatch avoidance method used in pelagic longline fisheries based in Hawaii. Two of the treatments made use of branch lines that were placed through 9 meters and 6.5 meters long underwater setting chutes while the third entailed a setting from the side of the vessel. Side-setting has been found to be the most effective of the methods wherein a crew throwing baited hooks was placed about 8 meters forward from the port-stern corner. According to the author, side-setting can be used to reduce seabird mortality when combined with adequate line weighting.