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title: "Black-browed Albatrosses interacting with trawlers in the South Atlantic: a photo essay"
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# Black-browed Albatrosses interacting with trawlers in the South Atlantic: a photo essay

The following pictures were taken from fishing trawlers in the South Atlantic.

 Very large numbers of Black-browed Albatrosses *Thalassarche melanophris* congregate behind vessels in that region to scavenge on discards. This can result in mortalities as some birds collide and become entangled with the warp cables, breaking a wing or being dragged below the sea surface when they may drown.   

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler1_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler2_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler4_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler3_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler6_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler5_graham_parker.jpg)

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler7_graham_parker.jpg)

 With thanks to Graham Parker for the use of his photographs.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 30 October 2011*