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| | Ocean Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Of 233 white-chinned petrels examined after being killed in toothfish fisheries, 83.3% were male; smaller samples of gray-headed mollymawks, yellow-nosed mollymawks, southern giant petrels and northern giant petrels yielded male percentages of 85.6, 78.3, 63.6, and 71.4. |
 | | Whatever the reason, they conclude, the bias "exacerbates the effect of the Patagonian toothfish fishery on albatross and petrel populations breeding on subantarctic islands." This is particularly the case given the monogamous nature of the bird species involved. |
 | | Consistent male-biased seabird mortality in the Patagonian toothfish longline fishery. |
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