Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Rehabilitating Cory’s Shearwaters from light pollution and other threats on Spain’s Gran Canaria

Natalia Montesdeoca (Department of Animal Pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain) and colleagues have published in the on-line journal PLoS ONE on seabirds, including Cory’s Shearwaters...
Not seeing the light: the US Air Force to reduce light pollution to save threatened Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters

The United States Air Force will reduce light pollution at its radar-tracking Kōke‘e Air Force Station facility on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to reduce deaths to globally Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels Pterodroma sandwichensis, Endangered Newell’s...
Rescuing light-downed before beach-washed Short-tailed Shearwaters a better conservation measure

Airam Rodríguez (Research Department, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Cowes, Australia) and colleagues have published in the Journal of Wildlife Management on the condition of beach-washed and artificial light-downed Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna...
Seabird mortality caused by land-based artificial lights reviewed: burrowing petrels worse off?

Airam Rodríguez (Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain) and colleagues have reviewed seabird mortality caused by artificial lighting in the journal Conservation Biology. They note that 56 species of petrels...
A rescue campaign keeps Tropical Shearwater numbers stable in the face of light pollution on Reunion

Benoit Gineste (UMR ENTROPIE, Saint-Denis Messag, France) and colleagues have published in the Journal of Ornithology on the effects of light pollution on Tropical Shearwaters Puffinus bailloni on Reunion. The paper’s abstract follows: “Seabirds are...
ACAP Breeding Site No. 84. Tagomago and the western islets off Ibiza – cliff homes of the Balearic Shearwater

The Pitiüses (Pityusic Islands) are the southernmost group of islands in Spain’s Balearic Archipelago in the western Mediterranean. This local group includes two major islands, Ibiza (known locally as Eivissa) and Formentera, plus a handful of...
ACAP Breeding Site No. 83. Las Malgrats, Mallorca, where Balearic Shearwaters breed free from rats

Las Malgrats are a group of two islands and a small stack off the south coast of the tourist locality of Calvià, on the west coast of the bay of Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain in the western Mediterranean. The largest island is Malgrats (88...
Conservation of shearwaters and petrels in the Portuguese Macaronesian islands

The Portuguese Macaronesian Islands (Azores and Madeira) are vital breeding areas for several species of seabirds, including 85% of the world population of Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis. Cory's Shearwater ashore, photograph by Paulo Catry On...
Fledgling Newell’s Shearwaters downed by light pollution get a ceremonial release in Hawaii

Seven Endangered Newell’s Shearwaters Puffinus newelli or ‘A‘o fledglings that had been rescued after being grounded by artificial lights were released by school children from two Hawaiian schools on the island of Kauai last week as part of the annual...
Newell’s Shearwaters are rescued from ship’s lights in Hawaiian waters

Land-based protection for the Endangered Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli is being extended out to sea aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s 80 439-gt Pride of America, a large cruise ship that sails Hawaii’s waters each week (click here). “The boat’s...

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Rehabilitating Cory’s Shearwaters from light pollution and other threats on Spain’s Gran Canaria

Not seeing the light: the US Air Force to reduce light pollution to save threatened Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters

Rescuing light-downed before beach-washed Short-tailed Shearwaters a better conservation measure

Seabird mortality caused by land-based artificial lights reviewed: burrowing petrels worse off?

A rescue campaign keeps Tropical Shearwater numbers stable in the face of light pollution on Reunion

ACAP Breeding Site No. 84. Tagomago and the western islets off Ibiza – cliff homes of the Balearic Shearwater

ACAP Breeding Site No. 83. Las Malgrats, Mallorca, where Balearic Shearwaters breed free from rats

Conservation of shearwaters and petrels in the Portuguese Macaronesian islands

Fledgling Newell’s Shearwaters downed by light pollution get a ceremonial release in Hawaii

Newell’s Shearwaters are rescued from ship’s lights in Hawaiian waters

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