Banding Schemeshttps://www.acap.aq/resources/band-catalogue

22 September 2020 For all albatrosses, giant petrels and Procellaria petrels with metal bands inscribed OIS MUSEUM PARIS also contact: Henri Weimerskirch / Dominique Besson CNRS CEBC, 79360 Villiers en Bois, FRANCE Email:...

• Type: Article
• Author: W Misiak
• Category: Resources

** DEADLINE EXTENDED ** BirdLife South Africa makes a call for a Mouse-Free Marion Project Managerhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/birdlife-south-africa-makes-a-call-for-a-mouse-free-marion-project-manager

07 September 2020 to view it.) with the subject title MOUSE-FREE MARION PROJECT MANAGER. For further information, contact Alistair McInnes (...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

Wildlife rehabilitation clinics and hospitals that treat seabirdshttps://www.acap.aq/resources/rehabilitation

31 August 2020 that are known to treat seabirds, including albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters. Links to websites, Facebook pages and contact e-mail addresses are included. Information on centres not listed and corrections to the list below here can be sent to...

• Type: Article
• Author: W Misiak
• Category: Resources

Conservation Conversations with Andrea Angel, Albatross Task Force - South Africa "Seabird Conservation"https://www.acap.aq/world-albatross-day/videos-and-lectures/conservation-conversations-andrea-angel-the-albatross-task-force

24 June 2020 the high seas and in our harbours to help reduce the negative impacts of the fishing industry on our pelagic seabirds. To contact Andrea please email...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: Videos and lectures on ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels

A research trip after Salvin’s Albatrosses on New Zealand’s Bounty Islandhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/a-research-trip-after-salvin-s-albatrosses-on-new-zealand-s-bounty-island

24 June 2020 getting onto the islands is a mission. We wait offshore for calm enough conditions to land, though it’s more of a full body contact scramble than a landing! We’re exceedingly cautious about picking the weather because it’s such a long way away from help...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

Day One of ‘World Albatross Week 2020’. Leigh Wolfaardt creates a special artwork in celebrationhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/day-one-of-world-albatross-week-2020-leigh-wolfaardt-creates-a-special-artwork-in-celebration

15 June 2020 Georgias del Sur)* with her husband, Anton Wolfaardt (who Co-chairs ACAP’s Seabird Bycatch Working Group) brought her into contact with breeding Wandering Albatrosses on Albatross and Prion Islands. She tells ACAP Latest News that she has a particular...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

UPDATED Aves Argentinas and its Albatross Task Force work to support World Albatross Day in the face of COVID-19https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/aves-argentinas-and-its-albatross-task-force-work-to-support-world-albatross-day-in-the-face-of-covid-19

06 May 2020 yet started for the year. However, the work of ATF-Argentina is continuing from our homes; we continue to be in permanent contact with the ships and their crews through social networks to pass on updated information on the use of BSLs and to respond to...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News

World Albatross Day 2020 poster by Owen Daveyhttps://www.acap.aq/world-albatross-day/images-and-artwork/wad2020-posters/world-albatross-day-2020-poster-by-owen-davey

03 April 2020 and highlight the need to protect these majestic birds.” To enquire about obtaining a high-resolution print of the poster contact his website at https://owendavey.com/. With thanks to Michelle Risi for initiating the contact with Owen. Read more here....

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: World Albatross Day 2020 Logos & Posters

New legislation requires two bird-scaring lines for bottom trawlers in Uruguayan watershttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/new-legislation-requires-two-bird-scaring-lines-for-bottom-trawlers-in-uruguayan-waters

16 March 2020 Nacional de Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente) - and ACAP National Contact Point - has recently informed ACAP of a new resolution aimed at reducing the mortality of seabirds in trawl fisheries in his...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Advance party leaves Cape Town for Gough Island to eradicate its introduced mice – and save the Critically Endangered Tristan Albatrosshttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/advance-party-leaves-cape-town-for-gough-island-to-eradicate-its-introduced-mice-and-save-the-critically-endangered-tristan-albatross

25 February 2020 is the person who first suggested to ACAP that it consider inaugurating a World Albatross Day, and she also made the contact that resulted in Owen Davey producing his poster free of charge. Appropriate, then, that she will be able to continue her lab...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB