10 minutes with an Albatross Task Force Support Officer

If you have visited our blog before, you will probably have heard about our famous Albatross Task Force by now. The international team of seabird bycatch mitigation instructors work in some of the world...
Traces of albatross

This blog was written by Elizabeth Campbell, of ProDelphinus, Peru. We were approached early one morning by a fisherman in Mancora. He was just back from a fishing trip targeting yellow fin tuna and...
Trawling for albatrosses

Have you ever wondered what a thousand hungry albatrosses squabbling for food sounds like? Well, just a few weeks back I found out. The location, Danger Point, a scarily-named nautical location some 90...
Albatrosses and attitudes

One afternoon as my observations were coming to an end the first mate came to chat with me at the stern. He sees me sitting at the back of the boat days on end, staring at birds. “You’re job looks boring...
Research and collaboration

In the first six months of the fishing season, I have mainly been focussed on getting the mitigation research plan up and running for the pelagic longline fishery. This fleet targets swordfish from the...