Attendance of scavenging seabirds at trawler discards off Galicia, Spain

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Author: Valeiras, Julio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003
• Subjects: discards; seabirds; marine fisheries; Atlantic; Galicia; descartes; aves marinas; pesquerías; Atlántico; Descartes; Gaviota; Chica; Alle alle; arao común; Catharacta skua; gavión hiperbóreo; gaviota sombría; Gaviota tridáctila; Glaucous Gull; Great skua; Lesser black-backed gull; little auk; Mérgulo atlántico; Oceanodroma leucorhoa; págalo grande; Parasitic Skua; Pomarine Skua; rissa tridactyla; Stercorarius parasiticus; Sterna hirundo; Uria aalge; Black-headed Gull; Gaviota reidora; Larus ridibundus; págalo parásito; uria
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/548; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2003.67s277

The occurrence of scavenger seabirds at fishing trawlers was studied off Galicia, Spain. A total of 9,368 seabirds of 23 species were recorded during 92 fishing operations in 1998 and 1999. The most common species were the yellow-legged and lesser black-backed gull (Larus cachinnans and L. fuscus),...