The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has launched a new seabird guide for commercial fishers in southern Australia.

The seabird identification guide covers a number of ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels, as well some shearwaters and other seabirds.  Life-size pictures of seabird bills that can be printed out and used onboard vessels to help identify seabird species are also included.

“The approach used by AFMA may inform and assist ACAP in developing its seabird identification guide for albatross and petrel species.  It may also prove useful in assisting species identification during seabird population status and trends research”.

Shy Albatrosses: endemic to Australia

Photograph by Aleks Terauds

Reference:

[Australian Fisheries Management Authority] 2013. Seabird ID Guide for Commercial Fishers in Southern Australia.  [Canberra]: Australian Fisheries Management Authority.  30 pp.

With thanks to Jonathan Barrington for informatiion.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 22 July 2013