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Find out more about our collaborative work using seabird tracking data to inform real-world conservation
Explore the diversity of seabird species, their incredible journeys, and how many have been tracked
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The data submitted to the Seabird Tracking Database have wide-ranging conservation impacts:
>3,000
marine IBAs identified
>1,000
marine IBAs used to describe EBSAs
>200
collaborations facilitated
>2,000
tracks used to identify an MPA in the North-East Atlantic
60%
of Marine IBAs in Europe Covered by Natura 2000 Protected Area network
Seabird bycatch mitigation measures mandatory in all 5 tuna RFMOs
The BirdLife team are collating seabird tracking data for the Humboldt Current region and adjacent High Seas to assess fisheries bycatch risk as part of an ambitious collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch, funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
Research conducted in New Zealand by French and New Zealand researchers in 2016 – 2019 deployed GPS and GLS loggers on the Fiordland Penguins from a small island site at Open Bay Island/Taumaka, one of the most northerly breeding sites for this species.
