Thank you for taking the time to pick up your issue of the Albert Times.  This newsletter is written to promote, and help resolve, issues surrounding seabird interactions with deep sea fishing vessels.  The information given is directed to all parties interested in saving seabirds, but mostly for vessel operators and fishermen in general.

The information will help increase awareness of seabirds in general and provide some solutions to reducing seabird mortalities during fishing operations.

We hope you find something of interest in each issue.  Your feedback is welcome - email us at albertross@fishinfo.co.nz
Admiral Albert here, head honcho of the world famous organization OFFAL (Oceans For Free Albatross Lunches).  As a salty old sea dog I'd like to welcome you chaps and chapesses to my monthly newsletters full of an offal amount of interesting tip bits (heh heh, sometimes I crack myself up!).

My newsletters, the 'Albert Times' are being used to better inform both fishing industry participants and interested parties of the importance of minimising the interactions between seabirds and fishing vessels. 
VESSEL MANAGEMENT PLANS
To all vessel operators, please read the latest (May 2007) Fleet Notice - Year Round Vessel Management Plans

Download the latest Vessel Management Plan template

 
CURRENT ISSUE
Issue 33, December 2008
  • Southern Seabird Solutions Workshop

 

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Issue 32, November 2008
  • Steady progress on seabird mitigation
  • Seabird standards

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 DoC Seabird autopsy report Oct 06 to Sept 07
Issue 31, October 2008
  • Seabird Mitigation Sea Trials
  • Eaten Alive! - the albatrosses and giant mice of Gough Island

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  See the Giant Mice
Issue 30, September 2008
  • Cameron Long - Fisherman and Seabird Photographer
  • The love lives of Albatrosses - coming out of the closet ...

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Issue 29, August 2008
  • Chatham Island petrel
  • Tarred and Feathered -industry levy costs

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Issue 28, July 2008
  • Seabirds travelling abroad
  • Measuring risks of offal management

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Toroa: Taiaroa Head/Pukekura's 500th albatross chick

The tracking device placed on Toroa has been sending GPS positions since Sept 2007. Toroa has been positioned off the coast of Chile for several months now. So far he has travelled 29,500km. To see where Toroa goes next, check out http://www.albatross.org.nz/toroa.html 

Issue 27, June 2008
  • Toroa progress update
  • Seabird net capture workshop
  • Seabird unit standards

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Issue 26, May 2008
  • Exemption from discharge restrictions
  • Vessel risk assessment for trawlers

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Issue 25, April 2008
  • Testing offal management strategies
  • Update: fewer birds this season!

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Issue 24, March 2008
  • Seabird mitigation measures
  • Challenges for Mincers - SERL perspective

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Issue 23, February 2008
  • Seabird Standards
  • WWF - New Zealand and seabirds... Our common ties...

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Issue 22, December 2007
  • DWG Ltd December Squid pre-season briefing
  • Recap of the Albert Times for 2007

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Issue 21, November 2007
  • Toroa takes flight, but we're watching
  • Rick Guild, fisheries observer

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Issue 20, October 2007
  • Southern Seabird Solutions Workshop, Tauranga, Sept 2007
  • DWG learning resource on seabirds and mammals

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Issue 19, September 2007
  • San Waitaki bird baffler (the Burka)
  • Dave Kellian

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View the Provisional 2006-07 bird autopsy figures
Issue 18, August 2007
  • The new VMP
  • Crunching the numbers - Suze Baird, NIWA

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Download the Ministry of Fisheries Vessel Management Plan Review audit form
Issue 17, July 2007
  • Seabirds on the Chatham Rise - Greg Lydon
  • Mike Jackman, Master FV Paerangi

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Issue 16, June 2007
  • DoC counting WCA, new VMPs
  • Squid fishery performance

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Issue 15, May 2007
  • Mincing offal on FV Sur Este 707
  • New Vessel Management Plans (VPMs)

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Issue 14, April 2007
  • The SCUD (Seabird Control Unit Device)
  • It's a numbers game - Report by John Cleal (Seabird Liaison Officer, DWG) on seabird interaction numbers

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Issue 13, March 2007
  • Christopher Robinson
  • Tom Chatterton - Manager National Issues and Deepwater

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Issue 12, February  2007
  • Chick 500 at Taiaroa Heads albatross colony
  • Report on the Fisheries Forum on Reduction of Seabird Interactions in Brazil
  • Squid season 2007 and saving seabirds

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