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Fisheries New Zealand is aiming for zero bycatch, but the surface longline fleet hasn’t gotten any closer to this goal over the past two decades. The total number of seabirds caught every year by the fishery has been about the same since 2005—give or take 700 birds—despite fisheries liaison officers, education, bycatch reduction plans, working groups, and the requirement to have the 10 Golden Rules of responsible fishing somewhere on board. Over that same time period, Antipodean albatrosses and 12 other seabird species have been shifted into a higher category of endangeredness.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
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ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS
Fisheries New Zealand is aiming for zero bycatch, but the surface longline fleet hasn’t gotten any closer to this goal over the past two decades. The total number of seabirds caught every year by the fishery has been about the same since 2005—give or take 700 birds—despite fisheries liaison officers, education, bycatch reduction plans, working groups, and the requirement to have the 10 Golden Rules of responsible fishing somewhere on board. Over that same time period, Antipodean albatrosses and 12 other seabird species have been shifted into a higher category of endangeredness.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.