Individual "mollymawk" albatrosses of the genus Thalassarche are occasionally recorded ashore, and even attempting to breed, within colonies of species of the same genus outside their normal breeding ranges ( click here for a review ). Here is a photo...
Biennially-breeding albatrosses skip breeding years which violates assumptions of the usually-used methods of mark-recapture modelling, leading to incorrect annual survival figures. In a paper published in 2009 in the ornithological journal Auk , the...
There are far more species of albatrosses and petrels of the order Procellariiformes in the southern hemisphere than in the north. This holds true for ACAP-listed species, with only three of the 29 listed albatrosses and petrels occurring in the...
At South Africa's Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses Thalassarche carteri breed only on the smaller island of Prince Edward, and not on the larger Marion Island. The 2008/09 breeding population has been...
Four species of albatrosses of the genus Phoebastria breed on islands in the northern and central Pacific Ocean, belonging to Ecuador, Japan, Mexico and the USA. A selected list of natural history books published on these islands follows. Please e-mail...
An international conference, entitled "island Invasives: Eradication and Management" was held on the Tamaki Campus of the University of Auckland, New Zealand from 8-12 February 2010. The conference was held under the auspices of the World Conservation...
Prince Edward Island , smaller of the two sub-Antarctic islands in the South African Prince Edward Island Group, is rarely visited in an effort to retain its near-pristine nature. However, a six-person party is scheduled to visit the island next month...
The International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries ( IPOA-Seabirds ) produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) stipulates that countries with longline fisheries should...
A first list is provided of 11 higher degrees (Masters and Doctorates) awarded over the five-year period 2005-2009 for studies conducted on species of albatrosses and petrels listed within the Albatross and Petrel Agreement. Please send details of...
The human population of the US island of Oahu in the State of Hawaii is approaching one million on an island of 1545 km 2 , a third of which lives within the city of Honolulu. Within 60 kilometres of this crowded metropolis locals and tourists alike...
It is commonly believed that the relatively calm conditions and depauperate waters of tropical oceans act as a barrier to albatrosses from moving across the Equator between hemispheres. With the exception of the Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata...
The South African trawl fishery for hake Merluccius spp. has been re-certified after an initial five-year certification period by the Marine Stewardship Council . Since initial MSC certification in 2004 significant progress has been made in addressing...
The Prince Edward Islands in the southern Indian Ocean form the first sub-Antarctic Ramsar Wetland Site of International Importance in the sub-Antarctic, designated by South Africa on 22 May 2007 as No. 1688. The larger of the two islands, Marion,...
From time to time ACAP publishes articles in the international seabird science and conservation journal Marine Ornithology in an attempt to bring its activities to a wider audience. The latest paper ( click here ) reports on the 2009 inclusion of the...
Five scientific papers on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels have recently been published electronically in Volume 37, No. 3 of the open-access journal Marine Ornithology . Click here to download the PDFs. Back numbers of the journal are also...
With great regret, but also with great respect and in grateful memory of a life well lived in the service of marine ornithology, ACAP marks the passing, in his 90th year, of Dr John Warham MNZM, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, DSc in Christchurch, New Zealand...
A recent publication appearing in the journal Polar Biology gives new information on the Salvin´s Albatross Thalassarche salvini in the South Pacific Ocean. Luis Cabezas and Chilean colleagues observed the distribution and ship attendance of Salvin´s...
The demographics of Northern Giant Petrels Macronectes halli have been intensively studied at South Africa's Marion Island since 1974. Each year a complete "round-island" census is undertaken during incubation and late chick-rearing to obtain trend...
The 6th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission ( WCPFC-SC6 ) was held over the period 10-19 August 2010 in Nukualofa, Tonga. A large number of documents relevant to the conservation of...
The Yelkouan or Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan , endemic to islands in the Mediterranean Sea, has been identified by ACAP as a potential candidate for listing within the Agreement ( click here ). A recent paper, published on-line in the...
