31 Jan 2020

Albatrosses patrol seas looking for illegal fishing

From Morning Report, 8:53 am on 31 January 2020

Albatrosses have been patrolling the seas for illegal fishing as part of a new study lead by a French scientist.

Two hundred of the birds were fitted with GPS trackers that detect radar emissions from ships, and the results of the tracking were published this week.

Earlier I spoke to the lead author of the study, Henri Weimerskirch from the French National Centre for Scientific Research.