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1 From lavage to lipids: estimating diets of seabirds 17/05/2012 11
2 Interactions of Peruvian small-scale fisheries with threatened marine vertebrate species, including the Waved Albatross 16/05/2012 17
3 A Black-browed Albatross gets to Canada 15/05/2012 41
4 One third of the way: the Million Dollar Mouse Campaign to eradicate the mice of Antipodes Island continues its fund-raising efforts 14/05/2012 17
5 Black-browed Albatrosses and White-chinned Petrels follow semi-industrial purse seiners in northern Argentina 13/05/2012 65
6 Some Wandering Albatrosses have a narrow foraging niche that helps reduce intraspecific competition 12/05/2012 43
7 The Portuguese Berlengas Islands support a thousand pairs of Cory's Shearwaters 11/05/2012 40
8 A setback for the Henderson Island rat eradication? 10/05/2012 74
9 Where do they go at sea? The little-studied Grey Petrel gets some attention at Marion Island 09/05/2012 62
10 Latest news from a massive rodent eradication exercise on a South Atlantic albatross island remains good 08/05/2012 98
11 Getting into line: the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission adopts best-practice mitigation measures for albatrosses and petrels 07/05/2012 51
12 A child's toothbrush is found in a Wandering Albatross colony on sub-Antarctic Marion Island 06/05/2012 96
13 UPDATED. The Fourth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to ACAP took place last week and adopted a new species 05/05/2012 77
14 Downy Cory's Shearwaters are more at risk to light pollution when fledging 04/05/2012 62
15 Post-doctoral opportunity to conduct research on Black-browed Albatrosses in the South Atlantic 03/05/2012 73
16 Have the rabbits and rodents finally gone from Macquarie? The news continues to looks good 02/05/2012 62
17 Publication opportunity: "Mechanisms of Physical-Biological Coupling Forcing Biological Hotspots" 01/05/2012 57
18 Will Short-tailed Albatrosses start breeding on Mukojima Island for the first time next year? 30/04/2012 98
19 Up from the depths: petrels bring longline fish bait to within reach of albatrosses 29/04/2012 64
20 Timing of breeding in the Wandering Albatross: what will climate change do? 28/04/2012 71
21 Find more albatross and petrels news on ACAP's Facebook page 27/04/2012 62
22 A low count for Tristan Albatrosses on Gough Island adds to concern for the species' survival 26/04/2012 91
23 A Northern Giant Petrel tries to get below the surface of things 25/04/2012 86
24 Audubon's Shearwater associates with drifting Sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean 24/04/2012 65
25 Feral Domestic Cats are devastating Yelkouan Shearwaters on a French Mediterranean island 23/04/2012 157
26 Utilizing seabird-at-sea information to choose Marine Protected Areas 22/04/2012 100
27 The Million Dollar Mouse Campaign passes one-quarter of its target to eradicate the Antipodes mice 21/04/2012 98
28 Manx Shearwaters in the South Atlantic are contaminated with POPs 20/04/2012 80
29 Marion Island, South Africa's albatross home, gets an Environmental Control Officer 19/04/2012 136
30 Shy? Taking account of trap-awareness in capture-recapture models with the Cory's Shearwater as an example 18/04/2012 86
31 A pink-stained Wandering Albatross photographed at sea 17/04/2012 157
32 Monitoring the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses on Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha suggests a stable population following an historical decrease 16/04/2012 140
33 Holding on. The Tristan Albatross continues to breed on Inaccessible Island 15/04/2012 179
34 Latest information on the Fourth Meeting of Parties to ACAP to be held this month in Peru 14/04/2012 98
35 The ACAP Secretariat is pleased to announce the safe arrival of its second and third ACAP babies 13/04/2012 108
36 A new study aims to assess whether burrowing petrels have recovered on South Africa's Marion Island following the eradication of feral cats two decades ago 12/04/2012 184
37 Modelling Balearic Shearwater distribution at sea can help choose Portuguese and Spanish Marine Protected Areas 11/04/2012 195
38 BirdLife International assesses changes to the Red Data status of ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels 10/04/2012 136
39 What is the current conservation status of Australia's endemic Shy Albatross? 09/04/2012 117
40 The Penguiness Book: an electronic compilation of dive depths for albatrosses, petrels and other marine animals 08/04/2012 146
41 How fast can they go? Balearic and Cory's Shearwaters flying through the Strait of Gibraltar 07/04/2012 133
42 Figure-of-eight loops: the migration pattern of Sooty Shearwaters in the Atlantic 06/04/2012 146
43 Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference: 75 abstracts submitted from 15 countries with deadline extended until mid-month 05/04/2012 163
44 Cory's Shearwaters in the Portuguese Madeiran Islands: different colonies, different diets 04/04/2012 174
45 Blood and feathers. Differences in Southern Giant Petrel diets in the South Atlantic 03/04/2012 152
46 Black-browed Albatrosses like to forage over sub-sea glacial moraine banks 02/04/2012 109
47 The Million Dollar Mouse project: New Zealand's Antipodes Islands are the next albatross home in line to lose their introduced rodents 01/04/2012 231
48 Ancient DNA of the Short-tailed Albatross investigated: two distinct populations existed in the past 31/03/2012 206
49 More on light effects on Cory's Shearwaters, this time in Spain's Canary Islands 30/03/2012 148
50 Albatross-friendly fishery around sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island proceeds towards Marine Stewardship Council certification 29/03/2012 153
51 Wandering Albatrosses hatch all six eggs on Macquarie Island: good news for the species' smallest population 28/03/2012 228
52 Albatrosses used to live in the North Atlantic (but a long time ago): new fossil evidence 27/03/2012 134
53 Employment opportunity: Seabird Program Director required by the American Bird Conservancy 26/03/2012 138
54 Get that light out of my eyes! Light pollution grounds Cory's Shearwater fledglings in the Azores 25/03/2012 236
55 Leaving the Med behind: Balearic Shearwaters prefer to holiday along the French and Portuguese Atlantic coasts 24/03/2012 150
56 Midway Atoll's Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses are contaminated by PCBs 23/03/2012 218
57 Flying by your nose: Wandering Albatrosses use olfactory searching to locate prey in a turbulent environment 22/03/2012 199
58 Helping albatrosses: Heard Island toothfish fishery gains Marine Stewardship Council certification 21/03/2012 170
59 From Enderby to the Antipodes? Eradication of House Mice on Southern Ocean islands 20/03/2012 276
60 Award season for the ACAP Secretariat! Information Officer honoured in South Africa 19/03/2012 363
61 Hutton's Shearwaters of New Zealand get their own movie (and a new translocation) 18/03/2012 140
62 Predators in Paradise. A review of "Rat Island" by William Stolzenburg 17/03/2012 163
63 UPDATED Albatross and petrel conservation issues get discussed at a South African conference 16/03/2012 260
64 Only two weeks left to submit an abstract for the Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference 15/03/2012 230
65 Seabird genius. A review of pioneer albatross researcher Lance Richdale's biography 14/03/2012 218
66 Chilean scientist completes a successful secondment at the ACAP Secretariat in Hobart 13/03/2012 186
67 The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation lists seabird mitigation measures adopted by four of the tuna RFMOs 12/03/2012 540
68 Next International Ornithological Congress to be held in Tokyo, Japan in August 2014 11/03/2012 181
69 Albatrosses are still imperilled! BirdLife publishes a global assessment of seabird conservation status 10/03/2012 850
70 The new Action Plan for Australian Birds considers 21 species of ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels 09/03/2012 104
71 Numbers down, but rates up. Capture of seabirds in New Zealand trawl and longline fisheries, 2002-2009 08/03/2012 129
72 Playing tag: how light should attached devices be to allow normal behaviour in seabirds? 07/03/2012 217
73 Is recreational fishing a threat to albatrosses and petrels? 06/03/2012 182
74 UPDATED. Balearic Shearwaters migrate from Spain to the United Kingdom in increasing numbers 05/03/2012 173
75 Rodents! Rabbits! Reindeer! Introduced species eradications on two Southern Ocean islands continue on track 04/03/2012 203
76 Sooty Shearwaters, satellite tracking and National Marine Sanctuaries in the USA 03/03/2012 311
77 "I feel it in my bones". Adaptations in Laysan Albatrosses for dynamic soaring 02/03/2012 252
78 Will fishery area closures help the Flesh-footed Shearwater? 01/03/2012 196
79 Ready to breed, but ready to succeed? Physiological carryover effects in Black-browed Albatrosses 29/02/2012 176
80 The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna will discuss seabird mortality next month 28/02/2012 246
81 Monitoring Wedge-tailed Shearwaters at Freeman Seabird Preserve, Oahu, Hawaii 27/02/2012 251
82 UPDATED. After flying for nearly four decades in the Southern Ocean a Southern Royal Albatross is killed by a trawler 26/02/2012 248
83 The Albatross Collaborative: tracking Black-foots in the North Pacific 25/02/2012 231
84 Do fence me in! A visit to the Laysan Albatrosses of Ka'ena Point 24/02/2012 273
85 The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust holds workshops to promote seabird-smart fishing practices in New Zealand 23/02/2012 150
86 ACAP staffer receives Pacific Seabird Group's Lifetime Achievement Award in Hawaii 22/02/2012 272
87 Helping albatrosses at sea? USA releases its first fisheries National Bycatch Report 21/02/2012 267
88 UPDATE: Fourth Meeting of Parties, Lima, Peru, April 2012. Provisional Meeting Agenda, Documents and Meeting Registration Form now available 20/02/2012 366
89 Wisdom: the Midway Albatross: a review 20/02/2012 329
90 Journey to Midway: filming and poetry-writing among North Pacific albatrosses 19/02/2012 198
91 Hawaiian Birds of the Sea Nā Manu Kai by Robert Shallenberger: a review 18/02/2012 364
92 UPDATE 18 February. Wreck of the Rena. Last of the oiled Little Penguins released 17/02/2012 2710
93 Lights, wires and predators: the Newell's Shearwaters of Hawaii face several problems 17/02/2012 529
94 UPDATED. Recent trends in research on southern seabirds to be discussed at the SCAR Open Science Conference in July 16/02/2012 416
95 A naturally-reared Short-tailed Albatross greets the arrival of the last translocated chicks on Mukojima Island 16/02/2012 246
96 Trans-equatorial migratory shearwaters aggregate in the North Atlantic 15/02/2012 224
97 The North Pacific Albatross Working Group discusses conservation issues in Hawai'i 14/02/2012 258
98 Studying Short-tailed Shearwaters: how much do we disturb them? 13/02/2012 235
99 Growing concerns for the Flesh-footed Shearwater: should it be accorded a threatened status? 12/02/2012 377
100 Life of Bryan: a newly-discovered shearwater in the North Pacific is thought to be Critically Endangered 11/02/2012 417
101 The Black Petrel of New Zealand gets an Action Group 10/02/2012 264
102 Fishery interactions with albatrosses and petrels in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean 09/02/2012 225
103 Dioxin: a "dirty-dozen" persistent organic pollutant in Black-footed Albatrosses 08/02/2012 245
104 News from the North Pacific: Laysan Albatrosses in pick-up trucks and on golf courses and a third Short-tailed Albatross visits the female-female pair on Kure Atoll 07/02/2012 188
105 United Kingdom funds Hook Pod trials in South Africa to reduce pelagic longline mortality 05/02/2012 272
106 Black-browed Albatrosses and Southern Giant Petrels follow artisanal longliners in southern Chile 04/02/2012 312
107 Ex mare semper aliquid novi! "Cleaner" Laysan Albatrosses help out Sunfish by eating their parasites 03/02/2012 297
108 Non-target mortality not a problem with a South Atlantic rodent eradication 02/02/2012 337
109 Good news for Critically Endangered Tristan Albatrosses at last. The United Kingdom makes a grant towards eradicating the "Killer Mice" of Gough Island 01/02/2012 891
110 UPDATED: World Migratory Bird Day, 12/13 May 2012 - do not forget the albatrosses and petrels! 31/01/2012 289
111 Trace metals in Flesh-footed Shearwaters: mercury a concern? 30/01/2012 248
112 Balearic and Cory's Shearwaters in the Mediterranean identify foraging hotspots for at-sea conservation 29/01/2012 227
113 Putting seabirds back where they belong: active restoration projects around the World 28/01/2012 372
114 Developing the Kellian line-setter to save seabirds in bottom longline fisheries 27/01/2012 248
115 Translocated Fluttering Shearwaters on New Zealand's Mana Island are breeding successfully 26/01/2012 308
116 Following removal of introduced cats, and nearly all the rabbits, Grey Petrels on Macquarie are doing well as the vegetation recovers 25/01/2012 334
117 Is the Streaked Shearwater of the North Pacific globally threatened? 24/01/2012 546
118 Albatross and fisheries mortality papers to be presented at the Pacific Seabird Group meeting next month in Hawaii 23/01/2012 363
119 Bye-bye moo-cows and bye-bye Mouflons! Recent conservation and restoration efforts at the French sub-Antarctic islands 22/01/2012 414
120 Regulating the killing of Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses by the Hawaiian Swordfish Fishery 21/01/2012 296
121 UPDATED: Hope (and Wonder)! A second Short-tailed Albatross chick for Midway Atoll 20/01/2012 298
122 Not your usual figure-of-eight: migration of Sooty Shearwaters off Gabon 18/01/2012 266
123 Numbers of Southern Giant Petrels breeding on Laurie Island, South Orkneys show stability over time 17/01/2012 263
124 Trace metal levels in White-chinned Petrels from the South Atlantic not thought to be harmful 16/01/2012 240
125 For once climate change can help. Wandering Albatrosses from the Crozets are doing OK, thanks to a good wind 15/01/2012 319
126 More on "shy-type" albatrosses off South America in the South Atlantic 14/01/2012 481
127 High levels of mercury in Southern Ocean albatrosses: natural, anthropogenic or both? 13/01/2012 274
128 How far south do Light-mantled Albatrosses fly (and breed) along the Antarctic Peninsula? 12/01/2012 186
129 Sardinian workshop reassesses Yelkouan and Cory's Shearwater populations in the Mediterranean 11/01/2012 464
130 Black-browed Albatrosses in the South Atlantic show an upward trend reports the New Island Conservation Trust 10/01/2012 343
131 Lance Richdale, pioneer albatross researcher, gets a biography 09/01/2012 301
132 Shy or White-capped Albatross: which one occurs in South American waters? 08/01/2012 419
133 We girls like to go swimming together: gender differences in at-sea foraging by Southern Giant Petrels 07/01/2012 230
134 See in the new year with a good book? Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America published 06/01/2012 361
135 Henderson Island rodent eradication goes well with no signs of rats after the bait drop. Good news for Gough's Tristan Albatrosses? 05/01/2012 433
136 I don't care how big you are! Short-tailed Shearwaters do not choose their partners by size 04/01/2012 164
137 Individual variation in reproductive success in the Wandering Albatross: a South African PhD is awarded to Genevieve Jones 03/01/2012 213
138 Translocation of Fluttering Shearwaters to New Zealand's Mana Island 02/01/2012 314
139 Light-mantled Albatrosses seen at sea within the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica could be local breeders 01/01/2012 336

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