Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

Proposed Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Agency, from NOAA The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was proclaimed in June 2006 as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. It was renamed as the Papahānaumokuākea...
World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Short-tailed Albatrosses "George and Geraldine enclosed in an ethereal protective boundary" by Agnieszka Elliott from a photo by Jonathan Plissner Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) have extended the date for artwork submissions to Project...
Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

Top: The banner created by Marion Schön for ABUN Project #47 “Marine Protected Areas” Bottom: Artworks (L-R): George and Geraldine, Short-tailed Albatrosses by Flávia F. Barreto from a photo by J Plissner; Short-tailed Albatross chick by Marion Schön...
George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

Short-tailed Albatrosses George (left) and Geraldine brood their latest chick on Midway Atoll, 26 December 2023, photograph by Nick Minnich The lone Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair well known as George and Geraldine on the USA’s Midway...
UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

George (left) and Geraldine return for a new breeding season, photograph by USFWS/Jonathon Plissner UPDATE: The Short-tailed Albatross have an egg for the 2023/24 season and incubation is proceeding, with the male having taken over duties from the...
UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

USFWS Bio-technician Laura Brazier and Supervisory Biologist Jon Plissner band Midway’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick on 16 April 2023, photograph by USFWS Volunteer Andrew Sullivan-Haskins “Wow! What a big chunky fuzzball” – Hob Osterlund,...
Start of a new colony? The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll are up to five this season

Geraldine with her 2023 chick, photograph by Caren Loebel-Fried George and Geraldine, the sole pair of Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus breeding on Midway Atoll, have hatched their latest egg that was laid back in October last...
Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are back incubating on Midway, and they have some new friends!

George incubating this month, photograph by Jon Plissner/USFWS Geraldine, the Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus was seen back on Midway Atoll’s Sand Island on 20-21 October and since then her mate George has been incubating. A...
Updates on the conservation of albatrosses in the Hawaiian islands

The 2019 fledgling Short-tailed Albatross (right) returns to Midway Atoll. Its parents are on the left; photograph by Jon Plissner Note: ACAP Latest News aims to post on recent developments and findings in procellariiform science and conservation...
No chick for Midway’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair this season

George and Geraldine (left) will not rear a chick in 2022; photograph by Jon Plissner, 20 January 2022 ACAP Latest News has been following the fortunes of George and Geraldine, the Vulnerable Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus pair on the...

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The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is proposed to also become a national marine sanctuary

World Albatross Day collaboration with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature extended

Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature's Project #47 kicks off in support of this year's World Albatross Day

George and Geraldine, the lone Short-tailed Albatross pair on Midway Atoll, have a new chick

UPDATED. George and Geraldine, Midway Atoll’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair, are back for a new season - and have an egg

UPDATED. Who’s a big boy then? Midway Atoll’s latest Short-tailed Albatross chick gets its bands - and fledges a month later

Start of a new colony? The Short-tailed Albatrosses of Midway Atoll are up to five this season

Short-tailed Albatrosses George and Geraldine are back incubating on Midway, and they have some new friends!

Updates on the conservation of albatrosses in the Hawaiian islands

No chick for Midway’s sole Short-tailed Albatross pair this season

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels