Protected species bycatch

Capture of grey-headed albatross in flatfish trawl fisheries, in the East Coast North Island area

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Observed captures of grey-headed albatross in flatfish trawl fisheries

Fishing effort and observations in flatfish trawl fisheries

Fishing effort and observed captures of grey-headed albatross by month, 2002–03

Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) have a circumpolar distribution. In New Zealand they breed on Campbell Island. Grey-headed albatross are infrequently reported caught in New Zealand fisheries.

In the 2002–03 fishing year, there was no observed fishing in flatfish trawl fisheries in the East Coast North Island area. No estimates of total captures were made.

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