Download AEBR 298 Spatial distribution modelling of at-risk seabirds in New Zealand commercial fisheries

This project estimated the at-sea distribution within the New Zealand EEZ of 11 seabird taxa considered to be most at risk from captures by New Zealand commercial fishing. Predictive habitat models fitted to spatial information were used to predict at-sea distribution of each taxon for each month. Seabird tracking data were used to derive monthly proportions of birds within the EEZ, which were nearly always lower than those assumed by the most recent multispecies seabird spatial risk assessment.