Australian Antarctic Program scientists have developed a DNA-based method to identify threatened seabird species that are unintentionally caught during longline fishing operations in Australian waters ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have used DNA technology to help identify threatened albatross, petrel and shearwater species caught unintentionally (as 'bycatch') during longline fishing ...

Conservation groups say the major threat to the birds' future is deep-sea fishing using a line with a number of baited hooks attached to it. Up to 100,000 albatrosses a year drown on longline ...