Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Creating an albatross colony with help from a bowling pin and a shaggy carpet

Hawaiian island of Oahu. By translocating chicks and hand-rearing them, four species have commenced to breed within the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. They are the Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P. immutabilis Albatrosses, the...
The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross story

such as plastics pollution, habitat loss, and infectious diseases. A Laysan Albatross incubates its egg in Hawaii’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, photographs from Pacific Rim Conservation However, the seabird section does report more positive...
A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

for this ACAP-listed and Near Threatened species. Translocated Black-footed Albatross V666 broods its chick in the James Campbell National Wildlife Reserve on Oahu “We are thrilled to announce a huge milestone - in 2024, the first wild Ka'upu...
Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

V917 investigates a sun shade lean to used by chicks in the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu, photograph from Pacific Rim Conservation A Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes was translocated as a chick from Midway Atoll to the...
Head for higher ground. Two Laysan Albatrosses from the French Frigate Shoals turn up on Kauai

chicks to the high-level inhabited islands, notably on Oahu in the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve and the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. On both Oahu and Kauai predator-proof fences have been constructed to give these new and existing...
ACAP-listed albatrosses will be featured at a seabird conference in Costa Rica next month

several others cover gadfly petrels, shearwaters and storm petrels. SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL ATTRACTION OF LAYSAN ALBATROSS TO JAMES CAMPBELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ON OʻAHU, HAWAIʻI Lauren Pederson, Eric VanderWerf, Robby Kohley, Erika Dittmar, Leilani...
Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses populations are growing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu following active conservation efforts

locations on O‘ahu since 1979 and have established colonies at four sites: Ka‘ena Point, Kuaokala, Kahuku Point, and James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. We monitored Laysan Albatross colonies on O‘ahu weekly from 2004 to 2023; all individuals were...
THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. What is the “state of play” with planned predator eradications on two sub-Antarctic islands?

The sheer western cliffs of Auckland Island, photograph by Finlay Cox Eradicating invasive pests on seabird-breeding islands has been undertaken for over 50 years and has become established as one of the most immediate ways of helping restore island...
UPDATED. Safe from sea level rise and predators. Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai and Oahu lay record egg numbers

on O'ahu”. Laysan Albatrosses also breed within thetranslocation site protected by a predator-proof fence in Oahu’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. A more recent Facebook post by Pacific Rim Conservation has a record of 156 occupied nests for...
“Wedgies” are doing well in the Hawaiian main islands as another predator-proof fence is completed

Point, photograph by Scott Yunker (click here) A predator-proof fence also protects breeding seabirds within Oahu’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge. The Wedge-tailed Shearwater with an estimated global population of over 5.2 million birds is not...

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Creating an albatross colony with help from a bowling pin and a shaggy carpet

The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross story

A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

Head for higher ground. Two Laysan Albatrosses from the French Frigate Shoals turn up on Kauai

ACAP-listed albatrosses will be featured at a seabird conference in Costa Rica next month

Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses populations are growing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu following active conservation efforts

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. What is the “state of play” with planned predator eradications on two sub-Antarctic islands?

UPDATED. Safe from sea level rise and predators. Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai and Oahu lay record egg numbers

“Wedgies” are doing well in the Hawaiian main islands as another predator-proof fence is completed

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