An assessment of yellow-eyed penguin threats could speed up a recovery plan for the endangered bird. The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust this week presented a review, two years in the making, of the threats to the species and providing recommendations for their conservation. Its author, trust conservation science adviser Trudi Webster, said it would speed up the process of a long-awaited new recovery plan. Urgent recommendations included putting more observers on set-netting boats and addressing unexplained penguin deaths around the Otago coast, Dr Webster said. Longer-term recommendations were more difficult to implement, such as the effect of sea temperature rise.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 13, 2018 15:56 UTC