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Incidental capture of seabirds in the New Zealand subantarctic squid trawl fishery, 1990

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

J. A. Bartle
J. A. Bartle
Affiliation:
National Museum of New Zealand, P. O. Box 4.67, Wellington, New Zealand
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Fisheries observers recorded incidental capture of seabirds during 338 days on Soviet squid trawlers in New Zealand subantarctic shelf waters around the Snares and Auckland Islands in 1990. Seven species were recorded entangled in fishing gear, including very high numbers of breeding adult White-capped Albatrosses Diomedea cauta steadi. The actual level of White-capped Albatross mortality was estimated at 2,300 birds in 1990, and is not considered sustainable. Nearly all albatrosses were killed by collision with the netsonde monitor cable. In New Zealand waters this equipment is carried only by Soviet trawlers, and is considered obsolete. Replacement of this cable by discrete netsonde transducers on Soviet trawlers should be a global seabird conservation priority.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 351 - 359
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1991

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