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title: "A New Zealand Northern Giant Petrel gets hooked"
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# A New Zealand Northern Giant Petrel gets hooked

A Northern Giant Petrel *Macronectes halli*, identified by its reddish bill tip, has been photographed recently at sea off Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand with a longline hook and a length of line through its lower mandible ([click here](http://www.albatrossencounter.co.nz/albatross/ocean_news/) to view the photograph).  The bird is reported as looking in good health.

 Giant petrels of both species are perhaps less known to fall victim to longlining than are albatrosses and some of the *Procellaria* petrels.

 To read about a colour-banded Gibson's Antipodean Albatrosses *Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni* caught off Kaikoura that was entangled with fishing line and then successfully released [click here](https://acap.aq/2010-news-archive/an-often-seen-colour-banded-antipodean-albatross-gets-a-second-chance-after-being-entangled-in-fishing-line).  More pictures of this albatross may be found at [http://albatrossencounter.blogspot.com/](http://albatrossencounter.blogspot.com/).

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/N/Northern_Giant/Northern_Giant_Petrel_by_Marienne_de_Villiers.jpg "Northern Giant Petrel on Marion Island.  Photograph by Marienne de Villiers")

 [Click here](https://acap.aq/acap-species) to access the ACAP Species Assessment for the Northern Giant Petrel.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 5 March 2011*