Radar tags to monitor albatross interactions with fishing vessels

Threatened and endangered albatrosses in the South Atlantic are getting a break as British Antarctic Survey (BAS) seabird ecologist Richard Phillips has received funding to put newly developed radar-detecting tags on the seabirds. The tags show when and where the birds are scanned by ship navigation radar, and could lead to greater protection.

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Category: Environment

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• British Antarctic Survey
• Conservation
• Environment
• Fishing

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2W9N39b