Seabirds at risk

'Seabirds' is a general term used to collectively describe any species of bird which spends a substantial part of its life foraging and breeding in the marine environment. Birds considered to be seabirds include gulls, terns, albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters (muttonbirds), cormorants, gannets and boobies.

Here we mainly discuss those seabirds that are known to be at risk of extinction through the influences of human activities, principally commercial fishing. Those species most at risk from this threat are the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters.