Archived News

Several newsletters on procellariiform seabirds and on bycatch issues are of relevance to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.  A list follows.  Readers are requested to e-mail the ACAP Information Officer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with information on any not listed. 

The Albatross Newsletter of the Southern Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA), based in Australia.  First issued as the Newsletter of the New South Wales Albatross Study Group (No. 1 July 1993).  Current issue: No. 41, June 2008.  From No. 24 (November 2000) available electronically on SOSSA’s web site at www.sossa-international.org.  Current Editors: Brook Whylie, Janice Jenkin-Smith and Lindsay Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 Bycatch Communication Network Newsletter Electronic newsletter.  No. 1 issued April 2006.  Current issue: No. 11, November/December 2008.  Not restricted to bycatch of birds but includes cetaceans and turtles.  Editor: Emma Bradshaw. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 Sea Change Electronic newsletter of BirdLife International’s Global Seabird Programme.  No. 1 undated but issued October 2005.  Current issue No. 4 (August 2008).  http://seabirds.birdlife.org.  See also www.savethealbatross.net.

 Seabird Conservation Newsletter Newsletter of the IAATO – Save the Albatross Campaign, which is run by The Albatross Project of Birds Australia (www.birdsaustralia.com.au).  IAATO is the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (www.iaato.org).  No. 1 issued July 2006, No. 2 August 2007, No. 3 October 2008.  Editor: Patricia Silva, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Southern Seabirds Solutions The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust (based in New Zealand) was formed in July 2002 to promote the adoption of fishing practices that avoid mortality of southern hemisphere seabirds.  Newsletter No. 1 issued September 2002.  Current issue: No. 11 of December 2008.  Available electronically at www.southernseabirds.org 

Tītī Times Newsletter of the Kia Mau te Tītī Mo Ake Tōnu Atu (Keep the Titi Forever) research project, based in New Zealand.  Concentrates on the Sooty Shearwater (Titi) Puffinus griseus.  No. 1 issued January 1995.  Current issue: No. 20, October 2008.  Two more issues are expected as the research project comes to an end.  Back issues are free on request.  www.otago.ac.nz/titi/links.html.  Editors (no. 20): Jamie Newman, Henrik Moller (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Ben Knight.

 John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 17 May 2008, last updated 24 December 2008