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The European Commission adopts a Plan of Action - Seabirds that will help conserve threatened shearwaters
(ICES) Working Group on Seabird Ecology (WGSE) has estimated that more than 200 000 seabirds die every year as a result of contact with the EU fishing fleet in EU and non-EU waters. Species affected in EU waters include the ACAP-listed and Critically...
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Clearing albatross and petrel islands of vertebrate aliens: the Database of Island Invasives Species Eradications gives the details
eradications on islands. Data from each project include information on the island, methods used in the eradication and contact information for people knowledgeable about the eradication. The data base is hosted by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species...
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An ACAP veteran retires and Australia appoints a new representative to the Agreement
from the Australian Antarctic Division earlier this month, and as a consequence has stood down as Australia's National Contact Point for the Agreement and as a member of its Advisory Committee. Ian Hay (right) chats with Barry Baker (Convenor, ACAP...
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Protecting the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater in the Ebro Delta of Spain from a wind farm
Jeju, Republic of Korea over 6-15 September 2012. Motion 089 was put to the Congress and adopted following discussion by a contact group. The motion's text follows. "M089 Protecting the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater in the Ebro Delta, Spain...
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Goings-on on Gough: extra-pair copulation in Sooty Albatrosses
ratios may be due to differential mortality on longline hooks, with the more northerly foraging females coming more into contact with fishing vessels than do the more southerly-foraging males. While setting up a new demographic study of Sooty...
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ACAP turned out in force at the Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference in New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand islands and waters. A number of other delegates closely associated with ACAP by being National Contact Points or members of its Advisory Committee and working groups also attended the meeting, presenting both oral and poster...
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Argentina appoints Minister María Fabiana Loguzzo as its new National Contact for the Agreement
for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina, has been designated the new National Contact Point of the Argentine Republic to ACAP. The Embassy also noted that the official responsible for the daily follow-up of the...
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Workshop to be held to develop priorities for research and monitoring on New Zealand albatrosses and petrels
will be held on 12 August in Wellington, New Zealand and will be facilitated by John Croxall and Kerry-Jane Wilson. Contact the latter for more information. It is intended to report here on the workshop outcomes once they become available. With thanks...
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Publication opportunity: "Mechanisms of Physical-Biological Coupling Forcing Biological Hotspots"
will be accepted for publication in regardless of whether we have sufficient manuscripts for a theme section or not. Please contact Elliott Hazen (ehazen@alumni.duke.edu) and Rob Suryan (rob.suryan@oregonstate.edu) if you are interested in submitting a...
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The Penguiness Book: an electronic compilation of dive depths for albatrosses, petrels and other marine animals
Procellaria westlandica: Dive depth: avg-max = 3.20 m ± 3.80 m , max = 7.60 m (N= 3 individuals). "To submit data please contact us via the website. These data must have been accepted in peer-reviewed journals, official reports or conference...
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