Albatrosses to spy out illegal fishing
A scientific programme, designed to study the feathered giants of the air, might also help identify poaching fishing vessels,
according to the Chize Biological Study Centre, a French research body seeks to help preserve the endangered bird species.
Between November and March, 150 albatrosses, from the remote French southern Indian Ocean islands of Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam, will be equiped with tiny beacons which will automatically detect radar signals put out by ships they meet at sea.
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