Every year, tens of thousands of seabirds are killed off French coasts after becoming hooked or entangled in fishing gear – caught as bycatch during fisheries targeting species such as hake, sea bass and tuna . France records some of the highest seabird bycatch figures in Europe – impacting species such as the Balearic shearwater, the Northern gannet and the common guillemot which are now classified as critically endangered, near threatened and endangered according to the IUCN Red List.