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title: "Pacific Seabird Group to meet 7-10 February 2012 on Oahu, Hawaii"
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# Pacific Seabird Group to meet 7-10 February 2012 on Oahu, Hawaii

The [Pacific Seabird Group](http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org/) will hold its 38th Annual Meeting on the island of Oahu, Hawai'i, over 7-10 February 2012.

 Attendees at the PSG meeting should have the opportunity to see some North Pacific albatrosses up close for themselves, as Laysan Albatrosses *P. immutabilis* breed on Oahu in the [Ka'ena Point Natural Area Refuge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilauea_Point_National_Wildlife_Refuge), a site open to the public, and which is now protected by a [predator-proof fence](https://acap.aq/latest-news/hawaiis-first-predator-proof-fence-is-completed-and-a-high-island-laysan-albatross-breeding-colony-is-now-safe-from-predators). 

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Laysan_Albatross_Kaena_Point_by_Lindsay_Young.jpg "Laysan Albatross and chick at Ka'ena Point.  Photograph by Lindsay Young")

 Laysan Albatross and chick at Ka'ena Point. Photograph by Lindsay Young

 Breeding Laysan Albatrosses can also be viewed at the [Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge](http://www.fws.gov/kilaueapoint/) on the nearby Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 April 2011*