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Explore the diversity of seabird species, their incredible journeys, and how many have been tracked
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The data submitted to the Seabird Tracking Database have wide-ranging conservation impacts:
>3,000
marine IBAs identified
>1,000
marine IBAs used to describe EBSAs
>200
collaborations facilitated
>2,000
tracks used to identify an MPA in the North-East Atlantic
60%
of Marine IBAs in Europe Covered by Natura 2000 Protected Area network
Seabird bycatch mitigation measures mandatory in all 5 tuna RFMOs
The detailed methods developed to identify marine flyways from seabird tracking data have been described in a new paper published in Global Ecology and Biogeography. The six marine flyways, presented by BirdLife International, follow the major routes seabirds travel along as they migrate across
Black-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) are endemic to Australia and only breed in a limited number of locations, often on offshore islands. Until recently, little was known about their ecology and, due to a lack of tracking data, nothing was known about their movements, habitat
