Government urged to save threatened 'British' albatrosses breeding on South Atlantic islands
By Jonathan Brown
Published: 05 October 2006
"The fishermen love the birds," says Meidad Goren, an ornithologist who has spent recent months travelling with vessels off South Africa in search of tuna and swordfish bound for the world's restaurant tables.
"They often come on board and they give them nicknames. If they see a certain bird they know it might mean there is good fishing there," he says.
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