Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Bycatch remains one of the most significant fisheries issues in the world and its monitoring
and reporting is now expected in many regions. This paper provides a global synthesis of …

Death in fishing gear of non-target species (called 'bycatch') is a major concern for marine
wildlife, and mostly worrying for long-lived species like cetaceans, considering their …

The incidental capture (bycatch) of seabirds is a global conservation issue and a top threat
to European species that demands urgent conservation and management action. Here, we …

Bycatch is one of the main threats to seabird conservation. In Portugal, there are alarming
estimates of seabirds bycaught per year in bottom gillnet fisheries, which get entangled …

Seabirds, as foragers in marine waters for at least part of their lifecycle, encounter the global
fishing fleet in search of marine resources. While fishing gear is designed to catch fish and …

World‐wide, many seabirds are affected by fisheries in opposing ways: as a source of
mortality from bycatch, but also by providing discards as a predictable and abundant food …

The coastal waters off Western Iberia are an important fishing ground and a marine
megafauna foraging area. Overlap between fishery target species and the diet of several air …

The general decline of seabird populations worldwide raises large concerns. Although
multiple factors are interacting to cause the observed trends, increased mortality from …

Sexual segregation in foraging occurs in many animal species, resulting in the partitioning of
resources and reduction of competition between males and females, yet the patterns and …