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<font color='#000080'>For anyone who is interested:
19 of the worlds 21 species of albatross are now in danger of extinction, largely due to longline fishing. This type of fishing kills more than 300,000 seabirds annually, including 100,000 albatrosses. The birds either drown or die of their injuries after coming into contact with baited hooks on lines up to 80 miles long. Albatrosses reproduce slowly - it can be 12 years before they breed, and they generally only produce one egg every two years - so they cannot withstand this sort of pressure.
It only takes a few simple measures to make longline fishing safer for birds, such as setting lines at night and setting them through tubes which take the lines underwater and out of reach of the albatrosses faster. Please support Birdlife International and the RSPB in their Save The Albatross campaign, intended to make licenced fishing vessels safer for seabirds and to try to stop pirate fishing.
You can sign the Birdlife International online petition here
RSPB link
Birdlife International link
The RSPB is starting a new fundraising campaign to support this work. If you would like to donate, please contact me or email [email protected]
Thanks, Kate
<font color='#000080'>For anyone who is interested:
19 of the worlds 21 species of albatross are now in danger of extinction, largely due to longline fishing. This type of fishing kills more than 300,000 seabirds annually, including 100,000 albatrosses. The birds either drown or die of their injuries after coming into contact with baited hooks on lines up to 80 miles long. Albatrosses reproduce slowly - it can be 12 years before they breed, and they generally only produce one egg every two years - so they cannot withstand this sort of pressure.
It only takes a few simple measures to make longline fishing safer for birds, such as setting lines at night and setting them through tubes which take the lines underwater and out of reach of the albatrosses faster. Please support Birdlife International and the RSPB in their Save The Albatross campaign, intended to make licenced fishing vessels safer for seabirds and to try to stop pirate fishing.
You can sign the Birdlife International online petition here
RSPB link
Birdlife International link
The RSPB is starting a new fundraising campaign to support this work. If you would like to donate, please contact me or email [email protected]
Thanks, Kate
