Vol. 40 No. 2 (2025), Articles
Vol. 40 No. 2 (2025)

Foraging activity of Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) during the industrial purse seine fishing targeting Peruvian Anchoveta in Peru

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Published 06-11-2025
Javier Quiñones
Oficina de Investigaciones en Depredadores Superiores (OIDS), Instituto del Mar del Perú, IMARPE. Esq. Gamarra y Gral. Valle S/N, Chucuito, Callao, Perú
Cynthia Vasquez
Fisheries research and sustainable management division, COPEINCA. Av. Manuel Olguín 325, int. 1501, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú
Nathaly Pereira
Fisheries research and sustainable management division, COPEINCA. Av. Manuel Olguín 325, int. 1501, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú
Martin Santivañez
Fisheries research and sustainable management division, COPEINCA. Av. Manuel Olguín 325, int. 1501, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú
Alexandra Suarez Chavez
Fisheries research and sustainable management division, COPEINCA. Av. Manuel Olguín 325, int. 1501, Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú
Jimy Calderon
Laboratorio Costero de Pisco, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Av. Los Libertados A-12, Urb. El Golf, Paracas, Perú
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Keywords

anchovy
diet
Peru
purse seine fishing
Waved Albatross

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Quiñones, Javier, Cynthia Vasquez, Nathaly Pereira, Martin Santivañez, Alexandra Suarez Chavez, and Jimy Calderon. 2025. “Foraging Activity of Waved Albatross (Phoebastria Irrorata) During the Industrial Purse Seine Fishing Targeting Peruvian Anchoveta in Peru”. El Hornero 40 (2). https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v40i2.1518.
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Abstract

According to scientific literature, the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) feeds on a wide array of prey species, such as squid, flying fish, carangid and clupeid fishes, and crustaceans such as euphausiids. However, most of this research was conducted near the Galápagos islands. In the present study, we document the consumption of Peruvian Anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), during the industrial purse seine fishing season. The albatrosses taregted these fish when the purse seine was closing, close to the corks in the superficial part of the fishing maneuver. This behaviour was found in Peruvian territorial waters, mainly in the north central zone (07°-14°S) over the continental shelf. This behavior has been continuously recorded since 2015 by the fishing industry (COPEINCA) and by the Peruvian Marine Research Institute (IMARPE).

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