Fishing hooks associated with Albatrosses at Bird Island, South Georgia, 1992/1993
Six hooks or lines of the types used in longline fishing were removed from or regurgitated by Blackrowed Diomedea melanphrys and Wandering Albatrosses D. exulans at Bird Island, South Georgia in 1992/93. Some similar previous observations are reported but this is the highest incidence so far recorde...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Pacific Seabird Group
1995
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515558/ http://www.marineornithology.org/PDF/23_1/MO_1995_03.pdf |
| Summary: | Six hooks or lines of the types used in longline fishing were removed from or regurgitated by Blackrowed Diomedea melanphrys and Wandering Albatrosses D. exulans at Bird Island, South Georgia in 1992/93. Some similar previous observations are reported but this is the highest incidence so far recorded in one season |
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