The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch has been featured in the August 22, 2011 New York Times Science article, “Fishing Gear is Altered to Ease Collateral Costs to Marine Life”. “The seafood on your plate is not the only animal that gave its life to feed you,” is one of the messages from Tim Werner, […]
September 2011
Chatham Albatross | Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
Species: Photo: Graham Robertson, Australian Antarctic Division Distribution: Southeast Pacific; breeds only in a small area of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand Population: Around 5,000 breeding pairs Bycatch Threat: IUCN Status: Chatham albatross are caught in a variety of longline and trawl fisheries in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Known mortality from bycatch has been […]