A fishing centre, Steward Island attracts a population of mollymawks, small albatrosses with wingspans of nearly eight feet. |
Ornithologists have recorded single feeding trips of 15,000 kilometers by nesting wandering albatrosses. |
Intended to lure tuna, swordfish, and other creatures, fish bait on longlines is equally attractive to albatrosses. |
Giant petrels, wandering albatrosses, penguins and other sea birds are getting caught in fishing tackle and dying by the tens of thousands. |
The locations have substantial populations of wandering albatrosses which are under threat through long-lining activities. |
In addition to sheathbills, he worked on albatrosses, petrels, penguins, and terrestrial invertebrates. |