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The team spearheading an operation to rid Marion Island of mice which are annihilating seabirds and other life say the project’s success is vital for conservation.
Seabirds from Gough Island in the south Atlantic, Marion Island near Antarctica and the coasts of both Hawaii and Western Australia have a dangerous
January 8, 2021 at 3:30 pm Efforts to prevent seabirds from accidentally being killed during fishing operations off the coast of Namibia have been hailed as “a major conservation success”. Advertisement Biological Conservation, the introduction of more stringent fishing regulations in the country since 2015 has reduced the overall seabird bycatch rate by at least 90%. The study also attributes the fall in seabird mortality to work led by the Albatross Task Force (ATF) – an organisation established by the RSPB and BirdLife International that operates bases in South America and southern ...