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The latest news on the campaign plus news on Albatross Task Force and developments in albatross conservation.
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Ellen counts for conservation
Dame Ellen MacArthur is now doing a survey of seabirds in South Georgia, accompanied by Dr Ben Sullivan from BirdLife International’s Global Seabird Programme, seabird biologist Sally Poncet and other researchers.
Ellen's off to Albatross Island
Dame Ellen MacArthur is on her way to the isolated islands of South Georgia where she will be working with BirdLife International's Dr Ben Sullivan on a survey of albatrosses.
Follow that albatross!
Everyone thinks that albatrosses follow ships, but do they really? And for how long? These are some of the questions that new research in South Africa will attempt to answer.
New research confirms the scale of slaughter of South African albatrosses
New South African research confirms the appalling death toll of albatrosses at the hands of the lucrative longline fishing industry operating in the country's waters.
Volvo Ocean Race crews seek first albatross sighting
Crossing the equator is a momentous watershed in any round-the-world sailing challenge. But those sailors know that now they have crossed the line, the perils of the Southern Ocean await.
The Volvo Ocean Race launch
Graham Wynne, the RSPB's chief executive, Ramon Marti of SEO (the BirdLife partner in Spain) and Marco Lambertini of BirdLife International, joined a host of invited VIPs to watch the launch of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race, in Vigo, Spain this weekend.
Racing Sailors Lend Support to Save the Albatross Campaign
On Saturday 12 November 2005, round-the-world racing sailors pass the starting gate in Vigo, Spain, at the launch of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race. But away from the celebrations, BirdLife International and the RSPB are highlighting a tragedy that by the time the first crews pass the finishing line in Gothenburg, next June, an estimated 60,000 albatrosses will have drowned needlessly on the end of longline fishing hooks.
Albatross deaths highlight world problem
Korean longline fishing ships, working in South African waters, unloaded a grisly cargo of dead seabirds last month, caught on their hooks. At least 1,400 birds, which included threatened albatrosses, were hooked and drowned by just 10 fishing vessels in the past few months.
Plan to help short-tailed albatross
A team of scientists from the USA are attempting to start a brand new breeding colony of short-tailed albatrosses to help combat the threats they face, according to advice given to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Celebrities flock to support albatross campaign
Celebrities from the worlds of film, stage, TV and radio are flocking to support the Save the Albatross campaign.
Albatross discovered at Scottish seabird colony
Scottish islanders, visiting the isolated land mass of Sula Sgeir off the coast of northern Scotland, were astonished to discover an albatross – the rarest seabird of the North Atlantic – sitting among a colony of gannets in August 2005.
Sir David Attenborough And Round-The-World Yachtsmen Support Global Campaign To Save The Albatross
World-renowned broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, and the organisers of the world's premier ocean sailing challenge - the Volvo Ocean Race - are supporting the Save the Albatross campaign.
Prince of Wales backs albatross 'task force'
HRH The Prince of Wales and record-breaking sailor, Ellen MacArthur, are rallying support for Albatross Task Force. This is a new BirdLife and RSPB initiative to create a team of people to train fishermen on how best to prevent seabird deaths.
Fisheries failing to safeguard seabirds
BirdLife International has identified the regional fisheries management organisations that are failing to prevent the slaughter of the world's albatrosses in longline fisheries.
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