• Seabird bycatch: new research on gillnet fisheries in the Baltic Sea
    Blog by Dr Rob Field , Senior Conservation Scientists, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science - with Yann Rouxel, RSPB Bycatch Project Officer and Rory Crawford RSPB Programme Manager - Gillnets Television...
  • Assessing bycatch risk from gillnet fisheries
    Bycatch (marine species caught unintentionally while fishing for another target species) is one of the major threats affecting seabirds globally. Distressing images of albatross caught in longline fisheries...
  • Tracking seabirds and tackling the Stenness Monster
    This summer, researchers will be out and about fitting satellite tags to seabirds as part of the Seabird Research and Tracking (STaR) project. The aim is to learn more about where fantastic species like...
  • New study: are teen seabirds safe?
    Guest blog by Birdlife's Communications Manager, Shaun Hurrell. Seabirds have an exploratory adolescent phase, often looking for food in ocean areas quite different to breeding adults. A new collaborative...
  • Seabird bycatch and fishing for lumpfish – looking for solutions
    In Iceland, an estimated 8,000 seabirds are thought to be accidentally killed as bycatch in the Lumpfish fisheries. In today’s blog Yann Rouxel, Bycatch Programme Manager, gives an update on a new piece...