Seabird sentinels: mapping potential bycatch risk using bird-borne radar
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus
VALUE £269,420
WHERE South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands
Summary
The project will link habitat preference, activity patterns and detections from novel bird-borne radars to quantify interactions of tracked wandering albatrosses with legal and illegal fishing vessels in the South Atlantic. Areas and periods of highest susceptibility to bycatch will be mapped for birds of different age and sex. We will engage with stakeholders to use project results for this iconic species to better target bycatch observer programmes, monitor compliance with bycatch mitigation and highlight impacts of bycatch on seabirds.
