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The Live Ocean Foundation is working to help conserve the ACAP-listed Black Petrel
Petrel is considered to be one of New Zealand’s most at-risk seabirds, facing threats from fishing bycatch, predation, light pollution and habitat loss. The project wishes to raise funds for 20 GPS trackers to follow fledgling Black Petrels on their...
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A volunteer group in Wales rescues Manx Shearwaters downed by gales
The volunteer group also rescues birds away from the coast that have been blown inland by gales or affected by light pollution. On 1 November the group held its first “Manx Shearwater Farewell” on Newgale Beach. Attendants listened to a poem specially...
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Bird Storm! At-sea light pollution affects shearwaters, fulmars and storm petrels in the North Pacific
have published open access in the journal Conservation Biology on seabird-vessel interaction risk, notably from light pollution in Alaskan waters. Taxa affected included Ardenna shearwaters, Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis and storm petrels. The...
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Hutton’s Shearwaters and light pollution from dairy farms - a newly reported threat
A well-lit Kaikoura dairy farm as cows wait to be milked before dawn What seems to be a previously unidentified threat has been reported for the globally Endangered Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni, a species endemic to the Kaikoura region of New...
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'WADWEEK' No. 4. ACAP makes a Global Call to Protect the Ocean’s Sentinels to mark World Albatross Day
Highly threatened by bird flu and industrial fisheries, albatrosses need protection worldwide On 19 June 2025, conservationists and wildlife advocates worldwide will celebrate World Albatross Day (WAD2025) with its theme “Effects of Disease”, as an...
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Relief for Kaikōura’s Hutton Shearwaters as LED streetlights will start to be fitted
killed on a Kaikōura street Shearwaters, and especially their fledglings, are particularly at risk of being downed by light pollution, notably from bright streetlighting, when they can be hit by vehicles and be vulnerable predators such as feral and...
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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Seven months researching albatrosses and restoring habitats on Hōlanikū (Kure Atoll) in the North Pacific
Two Black-footed Albatrosses (ka‘upu) court at sunset on Hōlanikū Note. It has been some time since a guest has written and illustrated an ACAP Monthly Missive. Here is one by Isabelle Beaudoin, an aspiring seabird biologist who is currently on Kure...
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New paper examines New Zealand albatrosses and petrels documented in Ecuadorian waters
worldwide. They face threats such as plastic ingestion, bycatch in fisheries, invasive predators at breeding sites, light pollution, and climate change. Many seabird species from Aotearoa New Zealand migrate to the eastern Pacific waters during the...
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Proposed mine could threaten New Zealand’s Endangered Westland Petrels
Light pollution from a mine proposed near the only breeding site for New Zealand's Westland Petrel could impact the species. A Westland Petrel fledgling; photograph by Bruce Stuart-Menteath There is concern New Zealand’s Endangered Westland Petrels...
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The ACAP Executive Secretary's visit to France: Discussions on albatross and petrel conservation, invasive species eradication efforts, and multilateral diplomacy
During her liaison visit to France, ACAP's Executive Secretary, Christine Bogle, met with ACAP National Contact Point for France, Florian Expert (pictured above right at the 5th Meeting of the Parties held in Spain in 2015), and scientists (pictured...
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