Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

A predator-proof fence on the Hawaiian island of Molokai is completed in time for World Albatross Day

The completed Mokio Preserve predator-proof fence, photograph by Butch Haase, Moloka'i Land Trust The American Bird Conservancy and the Moloka‘i Land Trust have announced completion of a 1.7-km -long predator-proof fence at the Mokio Preserve on the...
Albatross research gets featured at the Pacific Seabird Group’s 2024 Annual Meeting

Ten papers about albatrosses were presented to the Pacific Seabird Group’s 51st Annual Meeting, with the theme “Faces of Seabird Conservation”, held last month in Seattle, Washington, United States of America,. Their titles and authors follow. Go to...
No place like a new home? First Translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to Isla Guadalupe

Bruno, the 3 year-old Black-footed Albatross that has returned to Mexico's Isla Guadalupe; photograph © GECI / J.A. Soriano The first Black-footed Albatross from an international translocation project has returned to its new home on Isla Guadalupe in...
Breaking ground: feasibility of new breeding sites on Channel Islands assessed for establishment of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross colonies

Figure 1 from the paper: Map of the California Channel Islands. The continental shelf is indicated by the blue shading of the bathymetry. Inset B shows the location along the west coast of North America. Eric VanderWerf (Pacific Rim Conservation,...
A moving effort for conservation. Another batch of Black-footed Albatross eggs is successfully translocated to Mexico

Black-footed Albatrosses nesting on the shores of Midway Atoll, a low-lying Hawaiian island vulnerable to climate change and the catalyst behind the translocation project which is aiming to establish a new colony on Mexico's remote Guadalupe Island....
Translocated Black-footed Albatrosses fledge from Mexico’s Guadalupe Island for the third year of an international project

| Airborne! A translocated Black-footed chick close to fledging takes a leap on Guadalupe Island, photograph by J.A. Soriano, Conservación de Islas (GECI) The third year of a binational project to establish a breeding colony of Black-footed Albatrosses...
New research shows seabird populations benefit from restoration and relocation efforts

A Black-footed Albatross chick sits near a decoy bird on Mexico's Guadalupe Island; photo courtesy of Pacific Rim Conservation. According to the research, active restoration programmes targeting albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters which involve the...
THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Should more albatross and petrel breeding localities become World Heritage Sites?

Fit for World Heritage status: Wandering Albatrosses breed densely in Albatross Valley, Prince Edward Island, photograph by Peter Ryan Note: Opinions expressed in ACAP Monthly Missives are not to be taken as those of the ACAP Secretariat or of any of...
Hands-on management works. Black-footed and Laysan Albatross news from Hawaii

This Laysan Albatross pair seems safe from climate change 500 m above the sea in the Kuaokala Game Management Area on Oahu, photograph from Pacific Rim Conservation For some years, ACAP Latest News has regularly reported on conservation management...
Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are doing well on Oahu, and new hope for Newell’s Shearwaters on Kauai

Wedge-tailed Shearwaters in the Freeman Seabird Preserve, artwork from Pelagicos The Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica colony within the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu has increased from zero four years...

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The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels