Far From Land The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds

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step could be to trim the list of hotspots to those where the interaction
may be most harmful to seabirds, and focus conservation restrictions
there, while continuing to promulgate what may be the more important
message, that maintaining a healthy stock of fish (or squid or crustacea)
is in the long- term interests of both birds and fishers.
Fortunately the tools to objectively map hotspots of seabird activity
are becoming available. One tool, that vividly portrays the global span
of seabird distribution and activity, is the Seabird Tracking Database
maintained by BirdLife International.* A quick glance at the database,

• (^) http://www.seabirdtracking.org/ (accessed 17 June 2017).
  During the brood- guard stage, Wandering Albatrosses of South Georgia
  spend 90% of their time within the dark grey envelope and 50% within the
  black dashed envelope. Seasonally- applied fishery closures (cross- shading)
  and further protection in the 200- mile zone surrounding South Georgia
  and the South Sandwich Islands (grey envelope) mean the albatrosses are
  almost entirely protected from fishery interactions during this vulnerable
  stage of their life cycle. Map re- drawn from Supplementary
  Material attached to the work cited in Note 18, Chapter 10.
  60° W 40° W 20° W
  40° S
  50° S
  60° S
  South
  America
  Wandering
  Albatross Brood
  90%
  50% South
  Atlantic Ocean