Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross story

International cooperation: a translocated Black-footed Albatross chick on Mexico’s Guadalupe Island The 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report has been produced by a coalition of leading science and conservation organizations including the American Bird...
A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

The first Black-footed Albatross chick successfully reared by translocated parents begs for a meal on the Hawaiian island of Oahu With sea-level rise and storm water surges threatening the albatrosses of Hawaii’s low-lying atolls, comes the news that a...
Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

V917 investigates a sun shade lean to used by chicks in the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu, photograph from Pacific Rim Conservation A Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes was translocated as a chick from Midway Atoll to the...
The Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project has another success as its first Newell’s Shearwater fledges

Out of its burrow and ready to go. The first Newell’s Shearwater fledges from within the Nihoku fence. Trail camara photograph by Pacific Rim Conservation In October this year the “first ever wild” Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli or ‘A‘o chick...
Solving a human-wildlife conflict by translocating eggs: Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai

A translocated Laysan Albatross egg gets a new owner, photograph by Hob Osterlund Eric Vanderwerf (Pacific Rim Conservation, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA) and colleagues have reviewed the results of a foster egg translocation programme for Laysan Albatrosses...
Introducing the first Newell’s Shearwater chick to hatch within the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

The first ever Newell’s Shearwater chick to hatch within the Nihoku exclosure The Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project aims to create a new breeding site safe from introduced predators for two threatened seabirds on the Hawaiian island on Kauai. The...
No place like a new home? First Translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to Isla Guadalupe

Bruno, the 3 year-old Black-footed Albatross that has returned to Mexico's Isla Guadalupe; photograph © GECI / J.A. Soriano The first Black-footed Albatross from an international translocation project has returned to its new home on Isla Guadalupe in...
Breaking ground: feasibility of new breeding sites on Channel Islands assessed for establishment of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross colonies

Figure 1 from the paper: Map of the California Channel Islands. The continental shelf is indicated by the blue shading of the bathymetry. Inset B shows the location along the west coast of North America. Eric VanderWerf (Pacific Rim Conservation,...
A moving effort for conservation. Another batch of Black-footed Albatross eggs is successfully translocated to Mexico

Black-footed Albatrosses nesting on the shores of Midway Atoll, a low-lying Hawaiian island vulnerable to climate change and the catalyst behind the translocation project which is aiming to establish a new colony on Mexico's remote Guadalupe Island....
Translocated Black-footed Albatrosses fledge from Mexico’s Guadalupe Island for the third year of an international project

| Airborne! A translocated Black-footed chick close to fledging takes a leap on Guadalupe Island, photograph by J.A. Soriano, Conservación de Islas (GECI) The third year of a binational project to establish a breeding colony of Black-footed Albatrosses...

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The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross story

A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

The Nihoku Ecosystem Restoration Project has another success as its first Newell’s Shearwater fledges

Solving a human-wildlife conflict by translocating eggs: Laysan Albatrosses on Kauai

Introducing the first Newell’s Shearwater chick to hatch within the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai

No place like a new home? First Translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to Isla Guadalupe

Breaking ground: feasibility of new breeding sites on Channel Islands assessed for establishment of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross colonies

A moving effort for conservation. Another batch of Black-footed Albatross eggs is successfully translocated to Mexico

Translocated Black-footed Albatrosses fledge from Mexico’s Guadalupe Island for the third year of an international project

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels