Identifying the origins of fishing gear ingested by seabirds: a novel multivariate approach

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Ridley, Cindy, Harrison, Nancy M., Phillips, R. A., Pugh, P. J. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1136; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Faqc.1136; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.1136

Abstract The global decline of albatrosses (Diomedidae: Procellariiformes) is thought to have occurred largely as a direct result of fishery‐related mortality. Albatrosses and other large petrels interact with fisheries in several ways, including scavenging used bait and discarded offal, which may c...