Admiral Albert Ross - MBE (Mighty Big Eater) here, Head Honcho of "OFFAL" (Oceans For Free Albatross Lunches).  As an old salty seadog, I'd like to welcome you chaps and chapesses to my "nestsite" full of an offal amount of interesting tip bits (heh heh, sometimes I crack myself up!).

My newsletter, the "Albert Times" is being used to better inform, both fishing industry participants and interested parties of importance, on minimising the interactions between seabirds and fishing vessels

This site 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 and incidental captures of seabirds during fishing operations.

Have a look around on "my nestsite", check out the cute birds in "Albert's Photos" and have a good laugh with Daryl Crimp's cartoons.

You can email me at: albertross@fishinfo.co.nz 

 

ALBERT TIMES CURRENT ISSUE
Issue 63, September 2011

 

  • "Bird Napped" - Happy Feet Saga
  • "Southern Blue Whiting and Sea Lions"

 

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ALBERT TIMES THIS YEAR'S ISSUES
Issue 62, August 2011

 

  • "Protected Species Handbook for Inshore Fishermen"
  • "Happy Feet - his Pedigree" Emperor pengiuns

You can view the protected species and other inshore handbooks at:
www.seafood.co.nz/publications

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Issue 61, July 2011

 

  • "A Seabird 'Wreck'" Broad Billed Prions
  • "A Closer Look at Fur Seal Interactions"

 

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Issue 60, June 2011

 

  • "Boys get the buoys out" F.V Corsair Seabird Management Plan
  • "There at last" the Seabird National Plan of Action (NPOA)

Click to view the F.V. Corsair Seabird Management Plan

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Issue 59, May 2011

 

  • Improving Performance

 

 

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Issue 58, April 2011

 

  • VMP; Poor Acronym, Great System!

 

 

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Issue 57, March 2011

 

  • "Dying Birds Stir Extinction Fears"

 

 

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Issue 56, February 2011

 

  • Squid Season 2010/11
  • MFish Compliance Fact Sheets

 

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