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title: "\"Public Viewing and Pelagic Trips\": a new links category for albatrosses and petrels established"
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# "Public Viewing and Pelagic Trips": a new links category for albatrosses and petrels established

Albatrosses are charismatic birds, well-known and popular with the general public.  Yet it is hard for ordinary members of the public to get to see them, whether at their breeding sites - often on uninhabited and isolated islands - or at sea.

 However, there are places in the World where such opportunities exist.  To aid in finding them, and finding out quite how to get to them, a new Links Category has been established on this web site, entitled "Public Viewing and Pelagic Trips" ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/links)).

 Currently, web sites of breeding colonies that are accessible to the public are given for the USA (Hawaiian Islands) and New Zealand.  Similar information for pelagic trips to view ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels (and other seabirds) at sea is listed for Australian, New Zealand and South African waters.

 Web-site managers of other public-viewing opportunities are welcome to send their details for consideration of listing to the ACAP Information Officer at [john.cooper@acap.aq](mailto:john.cooper@acap.aq).  Such listing of commercial web sites implies no endorsement by the Albatross and Petrel Agreement.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/N/Northern_Royal_Albatross_500th_chick_by_Lyndon_Perriman.jpg "Northern Royal Albatross breeding at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand: a public-viewing site.  Photograph by Lyndon Perriman")

 The ACAP web site now has a total of 186 links in 13 categories: give them a visit.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 2 November 2010*