The rime of the modern mariner: evidence for capture of yellow-nosed albatross from Amsterdam Island in Indian Ocean longline fisheries

Autor: Jean-Baptiste Thiebot, Jeremie Demay, Cédric Marteau, Henri Weimerskirch
Přispěvatelé: National Institute of Polar Research [Tokyo] (NiPR), Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Françaises, TAAF, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Polar Biology
Polar Biology, Springer Verlag, 2015, 38 (8), pp.1297-1300. ⟨10.1007/s00300-015-1680-5⟩
ISSN: 0722-4060
1432-2056
Popis: International audience; Commercial fisheries currently pose a seriousthreat at sea to the conservation of a number of pelagicseabirds. However, these interactions are complex, andreports on population-specific bycatch in the high seas arescarce. Here we report the case of an Indian yellow-nosedalbatross Thalassarche carteri re-sighted on AmsterdamIsland after an apparent capture by an Indonesian longliner,as indicated by a message attached to the bird. Thisrecord demonstrates that Amsterdam birds may interactwith long-liners indeed, at least during winter, and thatsuch interactions are not systematically lethal. We suggestthat bycatch sub-lethal effects should be investigated atcolonies with high risks of individual capture at sea.
Databáze: OpenAIRE