Table 3. Number of seabirds recorded in five baited hook interaction categories by seabird species/species complex.
Seabird | Successful | Unsuccessful | Caught | Possibly caught | Unsure | Total | % of abundance |
Wandering albatross 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6.6 |
Southern royal albatross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Northern royal albatross | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 25.3 |
Laysan albatross | 911 | 2,043 | 75 | 8 | 22 | 3,059 | 25.4 |
Black-footed albatross | 73 | 271 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 369 | 10.4 |
Sooty albatross | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.7 |
Light-mantled sooty albatross | 18 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 13.4 |
Buller's albatross | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
Yellow-nosed albatross 1 | 54 | 123 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 193 | 8.3 |
Shy albatross | 73 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 128 | 12.5 |
Grey-headed albatross | 19 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 90 | 12.5 |
Black-browed albatross | 228 | 393 | 40 | 31 | 54 | 736 | 12.2 |
Salvin's albatross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 |
Cape petrel | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.2 |
Giant petrel 1 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 7.6 |
White-chinned petrel | 62 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 208 | 10.7 |
Grey petrel | 51 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 106 | 5.1 |
Black petrel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 |
Mottled petrel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
White-headed petrel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Great-winged petrel | 281 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 359 | 23.6 |
Soft-plumaged petrel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
Flesh-footed shearwater | 76 | 110 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 218 | 31.8 |
Shearwater 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 32.1 |
Southern skua | 37 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 25.6 |
Unknown | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 99 | 111 |
Also shown for each species, is the percent of individuals interacting with the bait compared to its total abundance.
Species complex.