Flight paths showed that breeding males tended to fish closer to Antarctica, while breeding females usually foraged farther north, in the domain of longline fishing boats. The birds lunged for the bait set behind these boats, got caught, and then drowned.
ऑस्ट्रेलियात तर प्रवासी अॅल्बट्रॉस पक्ष्याला नामशेष होण्याच्या मार्गावर असलेली जात असे घोषितही केले आहे.