Albatross Group (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Albatross Group

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Black-browed albatrosses are already threatened globally by incidental bycatch by fisheries. Currently, their population is decreasing annually, with younger birds being most likely to be caught in long-line fishing hooks.

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Photo by Henri Weimerskirch, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize

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