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Gill net fishing Longline fishing``````8,200 ft 300 ft``````Magenta petrelPterodroma magentae16 in``````Abbott's boobyPapasula abbotti31 in``````Atlantic puffinFratercula arctica12 in``````African penguinSpheniscus demersus26 in``````Velvet scoterMelanitta fusca22 in``````Tristan albatrossDiomedea dabbenena43 in``````Albatrosses, shearwaters,petrels, fulmars, storm petrels``````Frigatebirds, cormorants,boobies, gannets, shags``````Gulls, terns, skuas,puffins, murrelets``````Penguins Ducks, eiders,mergansers``````SPHENISCIFORMES ANSERIFORMES SULIFORMES CHARADRIIFORMES PROCELLARIIFORMES``````140``````45``````121``````18 21``````15 16``````6410``````4``````SOUTHAMERICAAUSTRALIAANTARCTICA``````NORTHAMERICA``````P A C IF I CO CE AN ATLANTIC``````OCEAN``````Ne``````w^ Z``````eala``````ndTasmania``````Hawaiian (^) IslandsAleutianIslandsBaja (^) Calif.Antarctic^ Pen.GalápagosIslandsChannel Is.Chatham Is.NanpoIslandsJuan FernándezIslandsLobos de Afuera Is.Falkland Is.South GeorgiaFiji Is. Marquesas Is.Farallon Is.JapanP O L Y N E S I AM EL ANESIAM I C R ON ESIATRRROPICOFCANCEREQUAAATORCIRCLEANTTTARCTICFERNANDO G. BAPTISTA AND MATTHEW W. CHWASTYK,NGM STAFF; PATRICIA HEALY. SOURCES: MARIA DIAS,BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL; JAY W. MCGOWAN, CORNELLLAB OF ORNITHOLOGY; DENA SPATZ, ISLANDCONSERVATION; DENG PALOMARES, SEA AROUND US;THREATENED ISLAND BIODIVERSITY DATABASE PARTNERS;JANOS HENNICKE, UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURGBIRDS NOT SHOWN TO SCALE. THE NUMBERS FOR PELE-CANIFORMES, PODICIPEDIFORMES, ANSERIFORMES, ANDCHARADRIIFORMES ARE FOR SEABIRD SPECIES ONLY.ONCE THRIVING, NOW DYINGNew Zealand and Australia havethe greatest number of seabirdspecies in danger of extinction.