Feeding ecology of seabirds nesting at the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
Publication Date
12-2002
Series Number
FRDC Project 1998/203
Publisher
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
ISBN
1 877098 02 7
Abstract
Over one million pairs of seabirds breed annually on the Houtman Abrolhos island group, 60 km off the mid-western coast of Australia, the largest seabird breeding station in the eastern Indian Ocean. This report describes in detail the diets and breeding patterns of six key seabird species that nest at the Abrolhos Islands.
Lesser Noddy - Anous tenuirostris melanops
Common (Brown) Noddy - Anous stolidus
Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata
Crested Tern - Sterna bergii
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougalli
Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus pacificus
The primary management goal of this report is to ensure that fishing activities off the mid-west coast do not adversely affect seabirds on the Abrolhos Islands. The main commercial fishing operations in the region target western rock lobster with traps, scallops with demersal trawls, a tropical sardine (but known locally as scaly mackerel) with purse seine and a variety of reef associated and large pelagic fish species with hook and line.
Number of Pages
104
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Marine Biology | Ornithology
Recommended Citation
Gaughan, D J,
Surman, C,
Moran, M J,
and
Burbidge, A.
(2002), Feeding ecology of seabirds nesting at the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Perth. Report FRDC Project 1998/203.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_rr/169
