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title: "Northern Pacific Albatrosses visit Alaskan waters"
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# Northern Pacific Albatrosses visit Alaskan waters

Three species of ACAP-listed albatrosses breed in the North Pacific: Black-footed *Phoebastria nigripes*, Laysan *P. immutabilis* and Short-tailed *P. albatrus*.

 A useful information source on these three (and other seabird) species may be found in the Alaska Seabird Information Series ([ASIS](http://alaska.fws.gov/mbsp/mbm/seabirds/species.htm)) produced by the US Fish & Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Management based in Anchorage, Alaska.

 The species' accounts map at-sea distributions in Alaskan waters and give succinct summaries under the heads Life History and Distribution, Population Estimates and Trends, Conservation Concerns and Actions, and Recommended Management Actions.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_footed/Black_footed_Albatross2_by_Aleks_Terauds_small.jpg.jpg "Black-footed Albatross at sea.  Photograph by Aleks Terauds")

 Two potential ACAP species, the Sooty *Puffinus griseus* and Short-tailed *P. tenuirostris*Shearwaters, are also covered by ASIS.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 8 April 2011*