• Reducing seabird mortality in Namibia
    In Namibia we are working to reduce seabird mortality in the longline and trawl fisheries. Together these two fisheries are responsible for the accidental mortality of around 30,000 seabirds per year...
  • Threats to seabirds: what can we learn from Seven Worlds, One Planet?
    A lot of you may have seen that some of our favourite seabirds were featured in the first episode of the new Sir David Attenborough series, Seven Worlds, One Planet . The colony of grey-headed albatross...
  • Winning the hearts and minds of fishers at-sea
    Last month we learned about about what life is like for members of the Albatross Task Force in Brazil . This month, we are hopping across to the other side of the Atlantic, to speak to one of dedicated...
  • Discussing seabird-fisheries interactions in Brazil
    Last month I attended a roundtable discussion on interactions between marine megafauna and fisheries. This was part of the III Academic Symposium of Marine Biology , which took place in Tramandaí, southern...
  • Chile introduces vital regulation to save seabirds
    At the end of August, Chile introduced new regulations to reduce seabird bycatch in its trawl fleets. This is a vital and welcome step towards protecting albatross in the Pacific (such as the black-browed...