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Threatened Newell’s Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels get tracked by radar
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05-06-15 |
3410
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Kite aerial photography can be used to survey albatross colonies
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04-06-15 |
2667
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Plans to rid Scotland’s Rum National Nature Reserve of Norwegian Rats to protect its Manx Shearwaters
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03-06-15 |
2546
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Manx Shearwaters optimise feeding rates when rearing chicks by alternating short and long foraging trips
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02-06-15 |
2497
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Polychlorinated biphenyl levels in Black-footed Albatrosses from Midway Atoll
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01-06-15 |
2975
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Employment opportunities: help conserve Critically Endangered Tristan Albatrosses on World Heritage Gough Island for a year
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31-05-15 |
2744
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Impressions of an expert. Field work to assess the feasibility of eradicating Marion Island’s mice completed
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30-05-15 |
5936
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White-chinned Petrels fledglings are getting tracked at sea in the South Atlantic
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29-05-15 |
2506
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A research report and a five-minute film detail work conducted towards eradicating House Mice on New Zealand’s Antipodes Island
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28-05-15 |
2396
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Approaching the limit: another Short-tailed Albatross gets taken by a longliner in Alaskan waters
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27-05-15 |
2898
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1500 (or so) pairs of Salvin’s Albatrosses on the Snares: efficacy of an aerial survey gets tested
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26-05-15 |
2717
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On the EDGE: funding opportunities for conserving evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species
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25-05-15 |
2408
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Wedge-tailed Shearwaters on the Great Barrier Reef forage outside the marine park in the Coral Sea
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24-05-15 |
2465
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For the birds? Fellowship opportunities in the Southern Ocean
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23-05-15 |
2667
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Recognizing conservation efforts: ACAP Working Group member Ed Melvin wins a shared award for his research on bird-scaring lines
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22-05-15 |
2682
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PhD opportunity in France to study petrel phylogenetics and phylogeography closes soon
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21-05-15 |
2865
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Hawaiian and Japanese Black-footed Albatross populations are considered to be separate Management Units
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20-05-15 |
2375
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Great albatrosses ingest more marine debris than do mollymawk albatrosses
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19-05-15 |
2980
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Hola Marco! ACAP chooses its new Executive Secretary
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18-05-15 |
5076
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Mid-air attack on a Black-browed Albatross fledgling by skuas and giant petrels at Bird Island
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17-05-15 |
3481
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“Live long and prosper”. Northern Royal Albatrosses are doing well at New Zealand’s Taiaroa Head
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16-05-15 |
2818
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Wandering Albatrosses are decreasing on a South Atlantic Island
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15-05-15 |
2687
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Breeding of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater in the Freeman Seabird Preserve, Hawaii
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14-05-15 |
2594
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Bait trials on tropical islands: how best to eradicate rodents?
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13-05-15 |
2759
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Mouse predation on Tristan Albatrosses on Gough Island is getting worse
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12-05-15 |
4354
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The Convention on Migratory Species announces funding opportunities for migratory species
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11-05-15 |
2599
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day this weekend
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10-05-15 |
2505
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ACAP’s Meeting of Parties in Spain ends with a standing ovation
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09-05-15 |
3268
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A grand day out: ACAP goes to sea off Tenerife
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08-05-15 |
2731
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Welcome to the Pink-footed Shearwater: ACAP gets its 31st species in Tenerife
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07-05-15 |
3535
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A photo gallery from Tenerife: who's who at ACAP's Meeting of Parties
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06-05-15 |
3210
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ACAP’s Fifth Session of its Meeting of Parties in Tenerife hears of two likely new Parties on its first day
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05-05-15 |
3244
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ACAP’s Fifth Session of its Meeting of Parties gets started in Tenerife with a Heads of Delegation meeting
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04-05-15 |
2855
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Australia produces a guide to developing new seabird mitigation devices in trawl fisheries
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03-05-15 |
3325
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First time in Spain. ACAP Fifth Session meets next week in the Canary Islands
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02-05-15 |
2746
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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the Albatross and Petrel Agreement renew their Memorandum of Understanding
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01-05-15 |
2244
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Back to the mainland. What are the next challenges for New Zealand after successful efforts to eradicate aliens on its seabird islands?
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30-04-15 |
2273
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Planning the eradication of introduced House Mice on New Zealand’s Antipodes Island
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29-04-15 |
2765
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Assessing bycatch of Yelkouan Shearwaters by Turkish fisheries: a new project is launched
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28-04-15 |
2853
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Brazil improves existing and adds new mitigation measures to reduce bycatch of seabirds in pelagic longline fisheries
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27-04-15 |
2835
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New Zealand plans research on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels for 2015/16 through fishery levies
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26-04-15 |
2308
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At-sea surveys confirm a North Atlantic biodiversity hotspot for Manx Shearwaters and other seabirds
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25-04-15 |
2853
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Mixed fortunes: population trends of Flesh-footed Shearwaters in New Zealand
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24-04-15 |
2477
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A Salvin’s Albatross population decreases by a third over 14 years
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23-04-15 |
3067
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ACAP Breeding Sites No. 79. Sandy Cay and the World’s largest colony of Southern Giant Petrels
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22-04-15 |
3765
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Half a kilometre may not be enough: how far can rats swim to reach islands deemed suitable for the reintroduction of burrowing petrels?
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21-04-15 |
4641
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Where are the fish? Utilizing shearwaters as predictors off California
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20-04-15 |
2785
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Reducing bycatch of seabirds, turtles and marine mammals in gill nets: workshop report available
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19-04-15 |
4237
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UPDATED. A Northern Giant Petrel gets bitten by a Great White Shark - by mistake?
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18-04-15 |
3607
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Where does all that plastic go? Arctic Fulmars act as biological indicators of marine debris
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17-04-15 |
3664
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Bill, bum or bellow: comparing four methods for sexing Wedge-tailed Shearwaters
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16-04-15 |
2898
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ACAP Breeding Site No. 78. Bouvetøya: the World’s most remote island, once supported breeding Southern Giant Petrels
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15-04-15 |
5322
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ACAP Breeding Site No. 77. Formentera, Balearic Islands still supports a population of the once-exploited Balearic Shearwater
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14-04-15 |
4408
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Lessening constraints on nest-site selection by burrowing shearwaters and gadfly petrels following eradication of alien rats on New Zealand islands
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13-04-15 |
2693
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Demography and population dynamics of the Westland Petrel get studied by the Museum of New Zealand showing an increasing population
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12-04-15 |
2722
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Hybridization between Northern and Southern Giant Petrels
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11-04-15 |
3701
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New Zealand invasive species expert to undertake a feasibility study for the eradication of House Mice on South Africa’s Marion Island this month
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10-04-15 |
5081
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The FitzPatrick Institute heads south to Marion Island for another year’s research on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels
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09-04-15 |
2618
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Distinguished albatross researcher and conservationist receives the Union Medal of the British Ornithologists’ Union
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08-04-15 |
3147
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Electronic tracking and stable isotopes: determining non-breeding areas for Sooty Shearwaters in the North Pacific
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07-04-15 |
2552
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Reducing IUU fishing - and saving albatrosses - in the Southern Ocean via institutional collaboration
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06-04-15 |
2856
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Diving physiology of Common Diving Petrels, Grey-faced Petrels and Sooty Shearwaters in New Zealand
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05-04-15 |
2938
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Projeto Albatroz publishes a bulletin on seabird conservation in Portuguese
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04-04-15 |
3287
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UPDATED: Hitching a ride: Laysan Albatrosses landing on container ships
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03-04-15 |
3055
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ACAP Breeding Sites No. 76. Bird Island, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)*
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02-04-15 |
4347
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New surveys show there are three times more Scopoli’s Shearwaters in the Mediterranean than previously thought
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01-04-15 |
2870
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Mercury levels in Short-tailed Shearwaters
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31-03-15 |
3233
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Gill nets, longlines, Arctic Fulmars and shearwaters: seabird bycatch in eastern Canadian waters reviewed
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30-03-15 |
3049
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Bryan’s Shearwater is confirmed breeding in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands
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29-03-15 |
3822
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Are Hawaii’s Newell’s Shearwater and Mexico’s Townsend’s Shearwater a single species?
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28-03-15 |
4184
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A translocated hand-reared Short-tailed Albatross is confirmed breeding successfully in Japan's Ogasawara Islands
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27-03-15 |
4980
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The Sixth International Albatross and Petrel Conference (Barcelona, Spain, September 2016) launches its website and opens for pre-registration
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26-03-15 |
5688
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Rodent eradication programme on South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* completed two days ago after five years of effort by "Team Rat"
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25-03-15 |
4899
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A review finds ten species of procellariiform seabirds at risk to rats on tropical islands
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24-03-15 |
2935
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Crash-landed Hutton's Shearwater fledglings get rescued from the effects of light pollution in New Zealand while research on their at-sea movements continues
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23-03-15 |
3966
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Emperor Seamounts: where Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses co-occur with North Pacific longline and trawl fisheries
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22-03-15 |
2857
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An Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross is recaptured on land carrying a home-made band from an Indonesian longliner
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21-03-15 |
2571
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Translocated Chatham Albatross chicks survive Cyclone Pam
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20-03-15 |
4831
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A one-eyed Laysan Albatross is looking for a mate on Kauai for the third year
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19-03-15 |
3574
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The end of rats on South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur)* may be approaching
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18-03-15 |
4331
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An Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross pair attempts to rear two chicks on Gough Island
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17-03-15 |
4432
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Saving Balearic and other Mediterranean shearwaters: Spain gets a best-practice manual to reduce bycatch by longline fishing
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16-03-15 |
3171
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The translocated Laysan Albatross chicks on Oahu get to see their new home – and some adults
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15-03-15 |
3207
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Travel, or rather stay at home? Wandering Albatrosses from the Crozets and Kerguelen have different migratory patterns
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14-03-15 |
3019
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A Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater eats krill
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13-03-15 |
3003
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Still a need for real data? Predictive computer models underestimate overlap with fishing effort and potentially misinform bycatch mitigation efforts for the Grey Petrel
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12-03-15 |
2878
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Utilizing social media to enhance communication among seabird researchers: the first World Seabird Twitter Conference gets underway this month
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11-03-15 |
2850
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Increasing awareness: ACAP gets featured in an encyclopaedia of the Polar Regions
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10-03-15 |
2883
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Northern Royal Albatrosses are having a good breeding season on New Zealand’s Taiaroa Head
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09-03-15 |
3656
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No meeting of mates at sea for Scopoli’s Shearwaters despite migrating to similar wintering areas
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08-03-15 |
2737
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UPDATED. News of field work on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels on New Zealand islands
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07-03-15 |
5984
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The annual British Ornithologists’ Conference this month will hear about albatross tracking in the Southern Ocean
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06-03-15 |
3207
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Seabird bycatch is being discussed by the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in Tokyo this week
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05-03-15 |
2745
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The Critically Endangered Tristan Albatrosses of Gough get counted for another year
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04-03-15 |
3717
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The ACAP Secretariat posts documents for the Fifth Meeting of Parties in Tenerife, Spain in May this year
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03-03-15 |
3014
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Progress with establishing a new Laysan Albatross colony by translocating chicks hatched from artificially incubated eggs
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02-03-15 |
4086
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Canada proposes a management plan for the Black-footed Albatross
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01-03-15 |
4125
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A review of seabird bycatch by fisheries in the waters of Chile
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28-02-15 |
3724
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|
An at-sea atlas of top predators from French Territories in the southern Indian Ocean is published
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27-02-15 |
2989
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The final phase of rodent eradication on the largest island tackled to date reaches halfway despite the weather
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26-02-15 |
4772
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