Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

SECOND UPDATE: Hawaii's Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses suffered heavy losses in last week's tsunami

LATEST INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS **16 March: For more information and photographs on the effects of the tsunami on the albatrosses of Midway Atoll click here and visit Pete Leary's blog Pete at Midway. **18 March: Visit...
Translocated Short-tailed and Black-footed Albatrosses continue to do well on Japan's Mukojima Island

The numbers of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus have increased to more than 2500 through the past 50 years of conservation efforts, but their only two remaining breeding sites, Torishima Island and the Senkaku Islands, have a...
Japan nominates the Ogasawara Islands to the World Heritage Convention

Japan has nominated its Ogasawara Islands to the World Heritage Convention. Both Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis (20 pairs in the Mukojima Group) and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses (c. 1000 pairs in the Mukojima and Hahajima Groups)...
Translocated Short-tailed Albatross chick from Japan photographed off California five months later UPDATED

On 12 October 2009 a pelagic birdwatching trip off San Francisco, California, USA was treated to a prized sighting of a Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus. But at the time, they didn’t know just how special the bird was. According to Japan’s...
Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team to hold open session in Cape Town

The meeting of the Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team (START 4), to be held in Cape Town immediately before the Fourth International Albatross and Petrel Conference, will commence with a public presentation session. All interested persons are welcome...

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SECOND UPDATE: Hawaii's Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses suffered heavy losses in last week's tsunami

Translocated Short-tailed and Black-footed Albatrosses continue to do well on Japan's Mukojima Island

Japan nominates the Ogasawara Islands to the World Heritage Convention

Translocated Short-tailed Albatross chick from Japan photographed off California five months later UPDATED

Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team to hold open session in Cape Town

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

SECOND UPDATE: Hawaii's Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses suffered heavy losses in last week's tsunami

Translocated Short-tailed and Black-footed Albatrosses continue to do well on Japan's Mukojima Island

Japan nominates the Ogasawara Islands to the World Heritage Convention

Translocated Short-tailed Albatross chick from Japan photographed off California five months later UPDATED

Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team to hold open session in Cape Town

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels