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We need your vote to save the albatross

Friday, March 22, 2013

A new Albatross Task Force project needs your help to win the vote for one of this year’s European Outdoor Conservation Association awards.

Black-browed Albatross shows population increase

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

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A new report indicates a healthy increase in the numbers of Black-browed Albatrosses breeding in the Falkland Islands.

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission moves to protect albatrosses

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission has agreed to measures that, if appropriately implemented by tuna longline fishing vessels, will result in significant reductions in albatross mortality.

New review reveals worrying declines in the world’s seabirds

Friday, March 9, 2012

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The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and many populations are now perilously close to extinction. These are the findings of a major new review published this week in the scientific journal Bird Conservation International.

Call to save UK’s hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Call to save UK’s hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales

Almost 17,000 people have called for the British Government to step up and honour its responsibilities to the UK Overseas Territories, which contain over 85% of the UK's globally threatened species.

Measures to protect UK albatrosses get them off the hook in the nick of time

Saturday, November 19, 2011

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One third of the world’s albatrosses nest on the South Atlantic UK Overseas Territories: the Falkland Islands; South Georgia; and Tristan da Cunha. ICCAT manages all tuna and swordfish fisheries in the Atlantic outside territorial waters. These measures will significantly reduce the number of birds being killed.

Appeal to EU policy makers to stop needless seabird bycatch

Friday, October 21, 2011

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Appeal to EU policy makers to stop needless seabird bycatch

BirdLife Europe launches exhibition at the European Parliament with stunning albatross images

Midway’s first Short-tailed Albatross chick survives tsunami to fledge

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

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Midway’s first Short-tailed Albatross chick survives tsunami to fledge

The fledgling has taken flight from the first breeding record outside of Japanese Territories.

Seabird scientists warn of flaws in New Zealand bycatch framework

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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Fifty seabird biologists have written to New Zealand’s Fisheries Minister, concerned that the proposed framework for managing the incidental mortality of seabirds in New Zealand fisheries is flawed.

Longline fisheries continue to drive albatross declines

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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A new study reveals that, despite efforts to reduce seabird deaths, upwards of 300,000 birds are still being killed every year by longline fisheries.

Saving seabirds in Ecuador

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Early indications suggest that the artisanal demersal longline fishery, operating from small open out-board boats in South Ecuador, has a negative impact on seabirds, specifically the Critically Endangered Waved Albatross...

Sinking a few in Chile with Albatross Task Force Instructor Luis Cabezas

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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Between the 4th August and 2nd September two ATF Chile instructors (including myself!) took to the high seas onboard a Chilean pelagic longline vessel that fishes for swordfish. What was our mission? What was our objective?

Albatross Task Force Diaries – Juliano Cesar in Brazil

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Albatross Task Force Diaries – Juliano Cesar in Brazil

I’ve finally arrived back in the port of Itajaí following my first trip on a fishing vessel as part of the Albatross Task Force team in Brazil...

Albatross Task Force Diaries – Argentina

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Albatross Task Force Diaries – Argentina

A blog from Nahuel Chavez from BirdLife's Albatross Task Force based in Argentina. At this time of year the strong winds and snow that blow from the south make our work much more complicated. Read about how Nahuel gathered up around 40 Cape Petrel during a snow storm in his slippers to safely release them back to sea.