the impacts of plastic pollution on seabirds; and Provide a central base for knowledge exchange. Plastic spoon and latex balloon and plastic fragments removed from a Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus (click here) The following information...
Albatross T. chrysostoma washed up dead on an Australian shore which contained a straw as well as fragments of latex balloons (click here). Globally, campaigns have started against the use of single-use plastic straws, many of which end up at sea once...
from plastic bags, toothbrushes, cigarette lighters, plastic straws, bottle tops and toy soldiers to fragments of latex balloons and Styrofoam, and even the sole of a shoe: the list seems endless. Concern has also been expressed at the harmful effects...
trip to explore underwater mountains off Tasmania's coast, scientists observed an albatross that had apparently swallowed a balloon. Marine biologist Alice Forrest aboard said "we thought it had a squid in its mouth and upon closer observation we...
high-risk applications where there are alternatives (e.g. six-pack rings), discouraging the use of high-risk items (e.g. balloons on strings, ‘manja’ kites), and encouraging fishers to not discard waste fishing gear by providing specific receptacles and...
A researcher holds a collapsed balloon entangled with the corpse of an albatross chick on Kure Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Photograph by Andy Sullivanhaskins, Hawaii Department of Lands and Natural Resources The Marine Debris...
from this. For example, ACAP Latest News has reported on plastic and other foreign objects (such as fragments of latex balloons) swallowed by a Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata and by Southern Macronectes giganteus and Northern M. halli...
Pacific Rim Conservation has reported on a successful operation to remove a piece of ingested plastic and pieces of a red balloon from a Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis chick. The bird was being hand-reared at the James Campbell National...
from the bird's stomach (see the video) and the bird is now recovering at Wildbase. “We pulled out a whole spoon, pink balloon and some sharp unidentifiable plastic. The team was very excited to remove the contents from the stomach, but the sad thing is...
Latest News has previously reported more than once on albatrosses and petrels becoming entangled with or ingesting latex balloons. Records include entanglements and/or ingestions for the Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes and Arctic Fulmar...