Protected species bycatch

Capture of Chatham Island albatross in flatfish trawl fisheries, in the West Coast South Island area

Creative commons attribution, Craig Nash.

Observed captures of Chatham Island albatross in flatfish trawl fisheries

Fishing effort and observations in flatfish trawl fisheries

Fishing effort and observed captures of Chatham Island albatross by month, 2002–03 to 2020–21

The endemic Chatham Island albatross (Thalassarche eremita) breeds only on The Pyramid, a small island in the Chatham Islands group. Most observed captures in New Zealand fisheries have been in bottom longline fisheries on the Chatham Rise.

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