Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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

breeding colonies by attraction techniques and translocations of eggs and chicks. At a number of translocation sites, adult decoys have been placed to attract passing adult albatrosses to land (click here), including in the James Campbell National...
Japan marked World Albatross Day this year with a three-week exhibition

albatrus surveys, followed by five additional talks covering topics such as monitoring of Short-tailed Albatross colonies, decoy-based conservation, Little Tern population surveys, needle-felt art of seabirds and seabird photography. A Q&A session...
An update on the Social Attraction Project for the Waved Albatross on Ecuador’s La Plata Island

A previously banded female Waved Albatross incubates an egg near a decoy, photograph by Enzo Reyes Dr. Enzo Reyes, Coordinator of the Social Attraction Project on Isla de La Plata off the mainland coast of Ecuador, has written to ACAP Latest News with...
World Albatross Day celebrations around the world: Japan holds a three-week-long event

exhibition held as part of the World Albatross Day and Seabird Week held over 15-21 June. The Short-tailed Albatross decoy in front of Dr Hiroshi Hasegawa (centre) was previously used on Torishima. Dr Hasegawa photographed the life-sized bird displayed...
Developing a tradition: albatross-breeding islands display banners for another year to celebrate World Albatross Day on 19 June

Australia’s Macquarie Island marks World Albatross Day 2024 with a banner, Wandering Albatross decoy models and outstretched arms, photograph from Melanie Wells With what seems to be a tradition that has been steadily growing since 2020, albatross...
A predator-proof fence on the Hawaiian island of Molokai is completed in time for World Albatross Day

Albatross have been documented at the site, responding to a solar-powered system that broadcasts albatross sounds and decoy albatross models. A Laysan Albatross visits the decoys within the newly fenced area, photograph by Butch Haase, Moloka'i Land...
Six Short-tailed Albatross decoys are on their way back to Kure Atoll, but a real one has already shown up

Big birdie! Held by supporters, this freshly painted Short-tailed Albatross decoy (along with five more) is on its way back to Kure Atoll this month, photograph from the Facebook page of Hawaiian artist, Patrick Ching Hawaiian artist, Patrick Ching who...
Nearly half way! ACAP’s latest Species Infographic is for the Short-tailed Albatross, the 15th in the series

of this year’s World Albatross Day on 19 June (WAD2024) and its theme of “Marine Protected Areas – Safeguarding our Oceans”. Decoy models used to attract Short-tailed Albatrosses to a new breeding site on Torishima, photograph by Robert Suryan The ACAP...
New research shows seabird populations benefit from restoration and relocation efforts

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...
Combating climate change: Pacific Rim Conservation’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge and Isla Guadalupe Seabird Translocation Projects

for Bonin Petrel and Tristram’s Storm Petrel combined. The Laysan Albatross and Black-footed Albatross systems also included decoys. This season there were 748 documented visits and four breeding attempts by socially attracted Laysan Albatrosses, but...

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

Japan marked World Albatross Day this year with a three-week exhibition

An update on the Social Attraction Project for the Waved Albatross on Ecuador’s La Plata Island

World Albatross Day celebrations around the world: Japan holds a three-week-long event

Developing a tradition: albatross-breeding islands display banners for another year to celebrate World Albatross Day on 19 June

A predator-proof fence on the Hawaiian island of Molokai is completed in time for World Albatross Day

Six Short-tailed Albatross decoys are on their way back to Kure Atoll, but a real one has already shown up

Nearly half way! ACAP’s latest Species Infographic is for the Short-tailed Albatross, the 15th in the series

New research shows seabird populations benefit from restoration and relocation efforts

Combating climate change: Pacific Rim Conservation’s James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge and Isla Guadalupe Seabird Translocation Projects

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