the final standard is expected to be approved in june the npoaseabirds sets out a strategic framework to reduce seabird bycatch to sustainable levels however the npoaseabirds is currently under review to ensure integration with the environmental standards framework which includes a seabird standard currently being developed by the ministry of fisheries a number of regulatory and nonregulatory best practice mitigation measures currently apply in new zealand trawl pelagic longline and demersal longline fisheries