Meanings of antipodean albatross in English

Forest and Bird's Kevin Hague said by-catch was the single greatest threat to the antipodean albatross.

A new Department of Conservation study shows there are 35,000 unexplained deaths, in the past eleven years, of the already critical antipodean albatross.

A new Department of Conservation study shows there have been 35,000 unexplained deaths in the past 11 years of the already critically endangered antipodean albatross.

She said time was running out for antipodean albatrosses unless longline fishers changed their ways.

Dr Borrelle told Fisheries reporter Conan Young that time was running out for antipodean albatrosses.

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said the agreement would help reduce Antipodean albatross from being inadvertently caught by fishing vessels.

Monitoring of Antipodean albatrosses has shown that if one parent is killed the chick doesn't reach maturity, she said.

Forest and Bird said four were Antipodean albatross, and were caught by the boat within two hours of each other.

Forest and Bird say four very endangered Antipodean albatross were killed when accidentally caught up by a… Read more Audio

Forest and Bird say four very endangered Antipodean albatross were killed when accidentally caught up by a fishing boat in March.

Seafood New Zealand chief executive Tim Pankhurst in a statement said the capture of Antipodean albatross was upsetting, given its endangered status.

For Antipodean albatross this meant not fishing during the day, using tori lines, weighting fishing lines or using a hook shielding device, Maturin said.

Forest and Bird believe that Antipodean albatross will become functional extinct within 20 to 30 years if something is not done.