Breaking ground: feasibility of new breeding sites on Channel Islands assessed for establishment of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross colonieshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/breaking-new-ground-new-breeding-sites-assessed-for-establishment-of-laysan-and-black-footed-albatross-colonies

08 February 2024 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,...

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• Author: Bree Forrer
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A moving effort for conservation. Another batch of Black-footed Albatross eggs is successfully translocated to Mexico https://acap.aq/latest-news/a-moving-effort-for-conservation-another-batch-of-black-footed-albatross-eggs-is-successfully-translocated-to-mexico

23 January 2024 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....

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• Author: Bree Forrer
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Translocated Black-footed Albatrosses fledge from Mexico’s Guadalupe Island for the third year of an international projecthttps://acap.aq/latest-news/translocated-black-footed-albatrosses-fledge-from-mexicos-guadalupe-island-for-the-third-year-of-an-international-project

29 July 2023 | 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...

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• Author: John Cooper
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New research shows seabird populations benefit from restoration and relocation efforts https://acap.aq/latest-news/new-research-shows-seabird-populations-benefit-from-restoration-and-relocation-efforts

08 May 2023 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...

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• Author: Bree Forrer
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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Should more albatross and petrel breeding localities become World Heritage Sites?https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-should-more-albatross-and-petrel-breeding-localities-become-world-heritage-sites-high-lighting-torishima-the-prince-edward-islands-and-the-case-of-disputed-territories

07 February 2023 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...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Hands-on management works. Black-footed and Laysan Albatross news from Hawaiihttps://acap.aq/latest-news/hands-on-management-works-black-footed-and-laysan-albatross-news-from-hawaii

17 January 2023 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...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are doing well on Oahu, and new hope for Newell’s Shearwaters on Kauaihttps://acap.aq/latest-news/wedged-tailed-shearwaters-are-doing-well-on-oahu-and-new-hope-for-newell-s-shearwaters-on-kauai

18 August 2022 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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• Author: John Cooper
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Towards a new national breeding species: Mexico fledges 34 translocated Black-footed Albatrosses from Isla Guadalupehttps://acap.aq/latest-news/towards-a-new-national-breeding-species-mexico-fledges-34-translocated-black-footed-albatrosses-from-isla-guadalupe

22 July 2022 All the way from Midway Atoll as an egg: a colour-banded Black-footed Albatross prepares to fledge from Isla Guadalupe; photograph from GECI Thirty-four of the 35 Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes chicks that were translocated to Isla...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Combating climate change: Pacific Rim Conservation’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge and Isla Guadalupe Seabird Translocation Projectshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/combating-climate-change-pacific-rim-conservation-s-james-campbell-national-wildlife-refuge-and-isla-guadalupe-seabird-translocation-projects

17 June 2022 NOTE: The Hawaiian-based environmental NGO Pacific Rim Conservation works to combat the effects of climate change on Hawaii’s procellariform seabirds through its No Net Loss initiative. Two of these species are the ACAP-listed and Near Threatened...

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• Author: John Cooper
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Lindsay Young and Eric VanderWerf of Pacific Rim Conservation receive the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award for their efforts to conserve albatrosseshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/lindsay-young-and-eric-vanderwerf-of-pacific-rim-conservation-receive-the-ralph-w-schreiber-conservation-award-for-their-efforts-to-conserve-albatrosses

30 May 2022 Eric VanderWerf and Lindsay Young band a Laysan Albatross The annual Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award of the American Ornithological Society, honouring extraordinary conservation-related scientific contributions by an individual or small team has...

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• Author: John Cooper
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