Average number of seabirds behind fishing vessels.
Mean number of seabird recorded around fishing vessels during counts carried out by government observers, binned to 0.4 degree of longitude and latitude. The size of the circle indicates the number of observations, whereas the colour indicates the mean number of birds recorded during counts. Empty circles indicate that no birds were observed. The grey areas indicate water depths of less than 1000 m.
The data on seabird counts around fishing vessels New Zealand were prepared by Dragonfly Data Science. The data are Crown copyright © and are protected by copyright owned by Department of Conservation. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence. In essence, you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the data, as long as you attribute it to the Department of Conservation.
When referring to the data, please cite the accompanying report as "Yvan Richard, Edward R. Abraham & Katrin Berkenbusch (2020). Counts of seabirds around commercial fishing vessels within New Zealand waters. 43 pages. (Unpublished report prepared for the Department of Conservation.)". The database was last updated 30 May 2024.
