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title: "Short-tailed Albatross killed by a fishing boat off the coast of Oregon, USA"
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# Short-tailed Albatross killed by a fishing boat off the coast of Oregon, USA

News of the death of a [Vulnerable](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3956) Short-tailed Albatross *Phoebastria albatrus* earlier this year comes from the [American Bird Conservancy](http://www.abcbirds.org/index.html): "An endangered Short-tailed Albatross was killed by a longline fishing boat off the coast of Oregon in April 2011, according to a report recently released by the [Pacific Fisheries Management Council](http://www.pcouncil.org/).  This is the first bycatch of a Short-tailed Albatross to be observed in the Pacific Northwest.  The report was prepared by NOAA Fisheries' [Northwest Fisheries Science Center](http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/), and is part of a larger risk assessment report currently in preparation on the effects of West Coast groundfish fisheries on endangered seabirds, fish, mammals, and turtles.

 As a result of the seabird death, the National Marine Fisheries Service has initiated consultation with the [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service](http://www.fws.gov/) (FWS) under the Endangered Species Act.  Section 7 of the Act mandates that any federal entity undertaking actions that may impact endangered species must consult with FWS."

 To read the full story [click here](http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/110909.html).

 With thanks to Jessica Hardesty Norris for information.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Short_tailed/Short_tailed_albatross_by_Aleks_Terauds.jpg "Short-tailed Albatross at sea.  Photograph by Ales Terauds")

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 19 September 2011*