Preferred foraging areas of Heard Island albatrosses during chick raising and implications for the management of incidental mortality in fisheries

Preferred foraging areas of Heard Island albatrosses during chick raising and implications for the management of incidental mortality in fisheries

DataSet Animal(s) : Albatross
DataSet Category : Birds
DataSet Country : Australia
DataSet Region : Antarctica
DataSet Type : DataSet
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://data.gov.au/dataset/ds-aodn-99a9136c-20b1-46a6-8c1e-4c275fb71336?q=

Incidental mortality in fisheries is causing declines in many albatross populations around the world. To assess potential interactions with regional fisheries satellite tags were used to track black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) and light-mantled sooty albatrosses (Phoebetria palpebrata) breeding on Heard Island during the chick-rearing periods of 2003/2004.

DataSet Agency : Australian Antarctic Data Centre - AADC

DataSet Agency Contact : data.aad.gov.au