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

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Lawton, Kieran, Kirkwood, Roger, Robertson, Graham, Raymond, Ben
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Îles Kerguelen; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.857; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Faqc.857; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.857

Abstract 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 ( Phoebe...