Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland in September 2026

“We are pleased to announce that the 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference (ICTC) will be held in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th September 2026. The conference is being...
The Live Ocean Foundation helps fund 49 trackers for the ACAP-listed Black Petrel

partnerships across the Pacific Flyway, Live Ocean and its partners aim to rebuild the population to enable future translocation into historic habitats.” Biz Bell of Wildlife Management International writes “The ultimate goal is to chart a course for...
The Live Ocean Foundation is working to help conserve the ACAP-listed Black Petrel

partnerships across the Pacific Flyway, Live Ocean and its partners aim to rebuild the population to enable future translocation into historic habitats.” Biz Bell of Wildlife Management International writes “The ultimate goal is to chart a course for...
The U.S. State of the Birds Report for 2025 expresses concerns but has a positive albatross story

extract: “One promising strategy for protecting seabird populations from sea-level rise and storm-surge events has been translocation—moving seabird breeding colonies to higher ground. A project in Hawaii—conducted by the nonprofit group Pacific Rim...
Reviewing seabird restoration priorities for the U.S. Pacific Islands – the Black-footed Albatross is most in need

(Pterodroma hypoleuca), and Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata). Respondents also identified 21 source colonies for translocation and 107 receptor sites for colony restoration. Our collaborative approach presented a unique opportunity to gain a...
A translocated Black-footed Albatross pair fledges a chick on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

sea-level rise and storm water surges threatening the albatrosses of Hawaii’s low-lying atolls, comes the news that a translocation project run by the environmental NGO Pacific Rim Conservation has led to Black-footed Albatrosses Phoebastria nigripes...
Welcome home V917! A translocated Black-footed Albatross returns to the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian island of Oahu

recorded back in the James Campbell NWR (click here), with courting and mutual displays observed. Read more about the translocation of Black-footed Albatrosses and three other seabird species within the refuge by Pacific Rim Conserrvation here....
Hutton’s Shearwaters – how well are they doing in their translocation colony?

A Hutton’s Shearwater incubates its egg in an artificial burrow in the Te Rae o Atiu colony, photograph from the Hutton's Shearwater Charitable Trust The Endangered Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni breeds naturally only in two colonies high up in...
UPDATE. Laysan Albatross eggs get swapped once more on Kauai

breeding season was 44 fertile Laysan Albatross eggs given.to birds elsewhere on Kauai that had infertile eggs for a translocation programme that commenced in 2005, according to Brooke Mcfarland, Natural Resources Manager, Pacific Missile Range...
THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. New Zealand has ambitious plans to rid three inhabited islands of their introduced predators

land birds, as it has on Ulva. Chatham Islands Chatham Albatross chicks on their plastic bucket nests at the Point Gap translocation site; the birds with yellow bills are adult decoys. Photograph from the Chatham Island Taiko Trust Predator Free...

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The 4th International Conservation Translocation Conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland in September 2026

The Live Ocean Foundation helps fund 49 trackers for the ACAP-listed Black Petrel

The Live Ocean Foundation is working to help conserve the ACAP-listed Black Petrel

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

Reviewing seabird restoration priorities for the U.S. Pacific Islands – the Black-footed Albatross is most in need

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

Hutton’s Shearwaters – how well are they doing in their translocation colony?

UPDATE. Laysan Albatross eggs get swapped once more on Kauai

THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. New Zealand has ambitious plans to rid three inhabited islands of their introduced predators

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