Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Creating a new colony of Hawaiian Petrels by translocation at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

Hawaiian Petrel or ‘Ua‘u Pterodroma sandvicensis from its montane colonies into a fenced and predator-free site at Nihoku within the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The fenced area is also expected to offer a safe...
The USA gets its second predator-proof fence to protect albatrosses and shearwaters on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i

predator-proof fence on the slopes of Nīhoku (Crater Hill) within the complex following a ground-breaking ceremony in June. Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project site The fence with a mesh skirt and a rolled hood is the second of its type to be erected...
Fluttering Shearwater translocation in New Zealand is a learning experience for Kauai’s Newell’s Shearwaters and Ramsay’s Manx Shearwaters

Newell's Shearwaters P. newelli on Kauai where it is intended to translocate chicks into the to-be-fenced area at Nihoku (click here) in the next few years. A further international connection was when a field trip to the colony as part of the 5th...
ACAP Breeding Site No. 63. Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, home of a Laysan Albatross population

perimeter of the refuge provides some protection to its breeding seabirds against the larger predators. Additionally, the Nihoku (Crater Hill) Ecosystem Restoration Project aims to protect and restore the native environment of Nihoku within the wildlife...
Helping Laysan Albatrosses and Newell’s Shearwaters in Hawaii: Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project Draft Environmental Assessment now available

House Mice Mus musculus and Small Indian Mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus. The Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project (NERP) is now available (click here). “This project comes at a particularly important time...
Hawaii’s Laysan Albatrosses to get another predator-proof fence, this time on Kauai

to sea” (click here). The site will also avoid the problem of light pollution adversely affecting fledging shearwaters. Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project site looking to the north-east Lindsay Young of Pacific Rim Conservation is once more...

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Creating a new colony of Hawaiian Petrels by translocation at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

The USA gets its second predator-proof fence to protect albatrosses and shearwaters on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i

Fluttering Shearwater translocation in New Zealand is a learning experience for Kauai’s Newell’s Shearwaters and Ramsay’s Manx Shearwaters

ACAP Breeding Site No. 63. Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, home of a Laysan Albatross population

Helping Laysan Albatrosses and Newell’s Shearwaters in Hawaii: Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project Draft Environmental Assessment now available

Hawaii’s Laysan Albatrosses to get another predator-proof fence, this time on Kauai

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

Creating a new colony of Hawaiian Petrels by translocation at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

The USA gets its second predator-proof fence to protect albatrosses and shearwaters on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i

Fluttering Shearwater translocation in New Zealand is a learning experience for Kauai’s Newell’s Shearwaters and Ramsay’s Manx Shearwaters

ACAP Breeding Site No. 63. Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, home of a Laysan Albatross population

Helping Laysan Albatrosses and Newell’s Shearwaters in Hawaii: Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project Draft Environmental Assessment now available

Hawaii’s Laysan Albatrosses to get another predator-proof fence, this time on Kauai

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels