#zerobycatch

It’s #WorldAlbatrossDay! Which means we celebrate these phenomenal birds, but we also have to discuss the threats they face. Albatrosses are the most threatened group of birds in the world. They live a long time (67+ years!) and reproduce slowly (1 chick every 1-2 years once they mature, which can take 10 years from when they fledged), so it’s difficult for their populations to adapt to the accelerate environmental change that humans are causing. They can mistake plastic in the ocean for food. They scavenge from commercial fishing vessels, get hooked, and drown. They have the odds stacked against them but there are amazing people around the world fighting to protect them, to learn more about their lives so we can prevent their extinction. Will you join us? #WAD2020 #seabird #albatross #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer #endangeredspecies #climatechange #plasticfree #plasticpollution #fisheries #bycatch #zerobycatch #aotearoa #seabirdscience #womeninstem #seachange #albatrossstories #extinctionisforever #newzealand #birdsofaotearoa #your_best_birds #raw_birds #best_bird_shots https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl7WDXJR7l/?igshid=dwbr4yzbea36

It’s #WorldAlbatrossDay! Which means we celebrate these phenomenal birds, but we also have to discuss the threats they face. Albatrosses are the most threatened group of birds in the world. They live a long time (67+ years!) and reproduce slowly (1 chick every 1-2 years once they mature, which can take 10 years from when they fledged), so it’s difficult for their populations to adapt to the accelerate environmental change that humans are causing. They can mistake plastic in the ocean for food. They scavenge from commercial fishing vessels, get hooked, and drown. They have the odds stacked against them but there are amazing people around the world fighting to protect them, to learn more about their lives so we can prevent their extinction. Will you join us? #WAD2020 #seabird #albatross #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer #endangeredspecies #climatechange #plasticfree #plasticpollution #fisheries #bycatch #zerobycatch #aotearoa #seabirdscience #womeninstem #seachange #albatrossstories #extinctionisforever #newzealand #birdsofaotearoa #your_best_birds #raw_birds #best_bird_shots https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl7WDXJR7l/?igshid=w145uvjzcts2

Aotearoa is home to more species of seabird than any other country on earth. Some of them, like albatrosses, are threatened with extinction by dangers at sea - like becoming ‘bycatch’ on fishing vessels. This has to stop. Your fish dinner is not worth the death of thousands of seabirds every year. @forestandbird have launched the Zero Bycatch Pledge to send a strong message to the government that we won’t tolerate this any more - head to their page and follow the link to sign. ⁠⠀ White-capped albatross | Southern Ocean, 2015⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #ocean #subantarctic #your_best_birds #birdsofinstagram #blueplanet #birdwatching #seabird #wildnz #ocean #fisheries #bycatch #extinctionisforever #wanderer #albatross #nzbirds @nz_birds #threatenedspecies #zerobycatch #subantarcticadventure #conservationphotography @nikonnz #bird_lovers_daily #birds_brilliance #birds_adored #nuts_about_birds #marine #newzealand #aotearoa #conservationphotographer https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ik8ZEJfgR/?igshid=qibe29p2ojkl