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title: "Translocations of Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses in Hawaii; a case study"
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# Translocations of Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses in Hawaii; a case study

Eric Vanderwerf and colleagues of [Pacific Rim Conservation](https://www.pacificrimconservation.org/) have published a case study that describes their work translocating eggs and chicks of Laysan *Phoebastria immutabilis* and Black-footed *P. nigripes*Albatrosses in an endeavour to create a new colony on the Hawaiian island of Oahu that will be safe from projected sea-level rise.

 In the next few years it is expected that hand-reared albatrosses that fledged successfully will return to commence breeding within the fenced translocation site in the [James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge](https://www.fws.gov/refuge/james_campbell/).  Already one Laysan Albatross has returned to the refuge as a three-year old ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2992-first-hand-reared-laysan-albatross-returns-to-the-james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge-as-a-three-year-old)).

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Translocation_Lindsay_Young.jpg)

 Translocated Laysan Albatrosses shelter from the sun, photograph by Lindsay Young

 **Reference:**

 VanderWerf, E.A., Young, L.C., Kohley, C.R. & Dalton, M. 2018.  [Translocations of Laysan and black-footed albatrosses in Hawaii, USA, to create new protected breeding colonies safe from climate change](https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2018-006-En.pdf).  In: Soorae, P.S. (Ed.).  *Global Reintroduction Perspectives: 2018.  Case Studies from around the Globe*.  Gland, Switzerland & Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, UAE: IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group. pp. 100-105.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 12 June 2018*