DOC Marine Bycatch and Threats Manager Kris Ramm says much of the work focused on filling knowledge gaps for species as well as maintaining and fixing important field infrastructure.
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New research is highlighting the need for
internationally-minded policies to protect albatrosses and
large petrels, as they regularly fly in and out of danger on
the high seas.
The
research, which includes New Zealand data,
tracks more than 5,000 individual albatrosses and petrels
from around the world and links them to areas with different
protection policies.
The SMC asked experts to comment
on the study.
Karen N. Scott, Professor of Law,
University of Canterbury, comments:
“This is
important research that authoritatively demonstrates the
significance of the high seas as an important habitat for
albatrosses and petrels, ‘among the most threatened of all