Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels


  • Short-tailed Albatrosses hatch out a chick for the first time on Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands

    Short-tailed Albatrosses Phoebastria albatrus have successfully hatched an egg for the first time on the island of Mukojima in the Ogasawara Islands. Researchers discovered the chick when they visited the island on 9 January this year. It appeared to...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2395-a-pair-of-short-tailed-albatrosses-has-hatched-out-a-chick-on-mukojima-ogasawara-islands

  • The Advisory Committee decides to compile the ACAP Breeding Site accounts into a single document

    Mocha, Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara France: Iles Apôtres, Cochons, de l’Est and Pingouins (Crozet Islands) Japan: Mukojima (Ogasawara Islands) New Zealand: Chatham (translocation site), Forty-Fours and Three Kings Spain: Conills, Espartar, Vedrà and...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2489-the-advisory-committee-decides-to-compile-the-acap-breeding-site-accounts-into-a-single-document

  • Some go home, some stay: successes in establishing a new Short-tailed Albatross colony by translocating chicks

    beyond conspecific attraction and philopatry.” A colour-banded Short-tailed Albatross translocated as a chick returns to Mukojima Read more about the translocation project in ACAP Latest News here. With thanks to Tomohiro Deguchi. Reference: Deguchi,...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2636-some-go-home-some-stay-successes-in-establishing-new-short-tailed-albatross-colony-by-translocating-chicks

  • A Short-tailed Albatross reared by a translocated mother returns to the Ogasawara Islands

    Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks were taken from the species’ main breeding site on Japan’s Torishima and hand-fed on Mukojima in the Ogasawara Islands . Most of the 70 chicks fledged successfully from the island. However, the ultimate success of a...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2733-a-short-tailed-albatross-reared-by-a-translocated-mother-returns-to-the-ogasawara-islands

  • Exploring the North Pacific: 51 young Short-tailed Albatrosses are tracked at sea

    reared chicks from their natal colony on Torishima, Japan, and chicks that were translocated 350 km to the southeast to Mukojima, Japan. Initial, more northerly dispersal of translocated fledglings suggests the ability to adjust to a new departure...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/2938-exploring-the-north-pacific-51-young-short-tailed-albatrosses-are-tracked-at-sea

  • Flame retardants anyone? Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses ingest plastics containing hazardous chemicals

    in plastic fragments ingested by Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P. immutabilis Albatrosses on Japan’s Mukojima Island. The paper’s abstract follows: “The risk of marine organisms ingesting plastics has become a growing concern due to...

    https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3360-flame-retardants-anyone-black-footed-and-laysan-albatrosses-ingest-plastics-containing-hazardous-chemicals

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