The Olrog’s Gull (Larus atlanticus) attending high-seas trawlers during the breeding season
We report sightings of the Olrog’s Gull (Larus atlanticus) obtained during observations of the interaction between commercial high-seas trawl fisheries and seabirds off Argentina. In late spring 2009, up to eight individuals (both adult and sub-adult birds) were noted feeding on fishery discard of a...
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2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/hornero_v026_n02_p105 |
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| Sumario: | We report sightings of the Olrog’s Gull (Larus atlanticus) obtained during observations of the interaction between commercial high-seas trawl fisheries and seabirds off Argentina. In late spring 2009, up to eight individuals (both adult and sub-adult birds) were noted feeding on fishery discard of an ice-trawler operating in waters relative close to the El Rincón estuary, southeast Buenos Aires Province. This is the first record of Olrog’s Gull exploiting discards from high-seas fisheries 120 nautical miles off the coastline during the breeding season. |
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