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\"Albatross<\/p>\n

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Across the centuries and across cultures, the albatross has captured human imagination. They are just one of the iconic seabirds found in the rich waters surrounding New Zealand. Together with petrels, prions, penguins, shearwaters, shags and gannets, albatrosses make up the 140 or so species which frequent the ocean covered by New Zealand\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
\nIt is no exaggeration to say that the New Zealand archipelago is a global centre of seabird diversity. However, plans to drill in some of the deepest waters of our EEZ mean that this crucial seabird habitat is potentially under threat.
\nLast week, we released a spill model<\/a> showing the possible impacts that a deep sea oil spill could have in New Zealand\u2019s EEZ. Forest & Bird<\/a> have also released their own fact file<\/a> which highlights the devastating impact that a spill in these locations could have for several seabird species.
\nIn response to our spill model, international seabird expert Chris Gaskin notes that \u201ca deep water blowout from a well in the Taranaki Basin<\/a>
\n(…) would have a catastrophic effect on species occurring there, most notably Australasian Gannet and Cook\u2019s Petrel, a globally threatened species.\u201d Gaskin also states that \u201can oil spill offshore at a lesser rate than modelled will still have a significant impact\u201d.
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An Australasian gannet caught in the Rena spill<\/em>
\nFor the spill modelled off the east coast of the South Island<\/a>, Gaskin states that \u201cfew seabirds caught in an oil slick of this magnitude would wash up on beaches of the South Island (…) \u2013 an unseen catastrophe of global scale, which, as the response to the Rena oil spill showed, would go largely unmonitored\u201d. \u00a0
\nHowever, not all impacts would remain offshore, \u201cas coastal species, including the iconic Yellow-eyed Penguins and most of the world\u2019s populations of Hutton\u2019s Shearwaters and Spotted Shags would, as days pass, be trapped by the slick as it spread across their feeding grounds.\u201d
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Even without a devastating spill, the continued quest for yet more fossil fuel reserves puts the future of our seabirds at risk<\/span><\/a> – climate change will disrupt food chains and severely impact many of these oceanic hunters.<\/p>\n

As an important habitat for over a third of the world\u2019s seabird species, New Zealand should be leading the way in ensuring a future for these animals. Drilling for more fossil fuels in prime seabird habitat is clearly not the way forward.
\nView the spill model<\/a> showing the possible impacts that a deep sea oil spill could have in New Zealand\u2019s EEZ HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Dr Rachael Shaw, Greenpeace New Zealand, is an animal behaviour expert<\/strong>
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Note: Photos #1 & 3 \u00a9 Greenpeace\/Dave Hansford & photo #2 \u00a9Greenpeace\/Dean Sewell Occuli
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