Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Decisions, decisions: complexities of decision-making in seabird conservation management highlighted in new study

alternative. The preferred alternative across objectives consisted of a combination of mitigation of vessel-based light pollution, plantand competition management and inter-island translocations. This alternative was predicted to provide the most...
Study finds light pollution from ships reduces colony attendance in Yelkouan Shearwaters

Marchetti (canva.com) A study on colony attendance in Vulnerable Yelkouan Shearwaters Puffinus yelkouan exposed to light pollution from ships by Martin Austad (Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics,...

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Bird Storm! At-sea light pollution affects shearwaters, fulmars and storm petrels in the North Pacific

Hutton’s Shearwaters and light pollution from dairy farms - a newly reported threat

'WADWEEK' No. 4. ACAP makes a Global Call to Protect the Ocean’s Sentinels to mark World Albatross Day

Relief for Kaikōura’s Hutton Shearwaters as LED streetlights will start to be fitted

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Seven months researching albatrosses and restoring habitats on Hōlanikū (Kure Atoll) in the North Pacific

New paper examines New Zealand albatrosses and petrels documented in Ecuadorian waters

Proposed mine could threaten New Zealand’s Endangered Westland Petrels

The ACAP Executive Secretary's visit to France: Discussions on albatross and petrel conservation, invasive species eradication efforts, and multilateral diplomacy

Decisions, decisions: complexities of decision-making in seabird conservation management highlighted in new study

Study finds light pollution from ships reduces colony attendance in Yelkouan Shearwaters

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