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The latest news on the campaign plus news on Albatross Task Force and developments in albatross conservation.
LATEST ENTRY
6 December 2007
Welcome, Oli
'If there is one thing in my life I will never forget, it's the sensation of sitting in the contrasting hot sun and cold wind, surrounding by nesting albatrosses.' We are pleased Oli Yates is joining us to help the work of the Albatross Task Force. Read about him.
PREVIOUS ENTRIES
15 November 2007
Urgent: your help needed before 23 November!
34 albatrosses were drowned on long line hooks in just one fishing trip recently off the coast of New Zealand. By sending a simple e-mail, you can help to ensure best practice measures are made mandatory in all New Zealand fisheries.
8 November 2007
Animal behaviour study overturned
New scientific research from British Antarctic Survey on wandering albatrosses in South Georgia has questioned previous theories on how animals search for food.
7 November 2007
Read all about it
The third issue of Sea Change, the newsletter of the Global Seabird Programme, is now available.
1 November 2007
Flying high at 84 – to help albatrosses
Grandmother Barbara Kemp has taken to the skies above the South Downs to help raise money for albatross conservation.
10 October 2007
UK Government helps fund Falklands albatross job
The RSPB and BirdLife International are pleased at the UK Government's decision to help fund a new job that will help albatross conservation.
20 September 2007
Urgent call to action follows New Zealand albatross deaths
An urgent call for action has been made after shocking reports that a single longline vessel fishing in the Chatham Rise area of New Zealand was responsible for the deaths of 36 albatrosses globally threatened with extinction.
20 September 2007
Urgent call to action follows New Zealand albatross deaths
An urgent call for action has been made after shocking reports that a single longline vessel fishing in the Chatham Rise area of New Zealand was responsible for the deaths of 36 albatrosses globally threatened with extinction.
16 August 2007
Albatross Task Force members in South Africa are making a difference
Meidad Goren, one of the first RSPB and BirdLife International Albatross Task Force (ATF) members, started work in South Africa in May last year. A report produced this year shows what the ATF in South Africa has achieved.
27 July 2007
New Albatross Task Force team in Chile
The Albatross Task Force has recruited a new team to work with fishermen in Chile.
5 July 2007
BBC Saving Planet Earth – fundraising finale on Friday
On Friday 6 July (7 pm and 8.30 pm, BBC One), you can see the Saving Planet Earth fundraising spectacular hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and Graham Norton live from Kew Gardens, London.
26 June 2007
Trawling identified as major new threat to albatross conservation
An estimated 100,000 albatrosses die annually in the longline fishing industry, but recent research has highlighted that large numbers of albatrosses are also dying in trawl fisheries.
15 June 2007
'Race to Save the Albatross' on TV again this weekend
In an exclusive interview for TVE's Earth Report series, HRH The Prince of Wales made a passionate call for a worldwide effort to save the world's endangered albatrosses from extinction.
13 June 2007
New species of albatross
After DNA research, the shy albatross has been 'split' into two separate species - white-capped and shy.
6 June 2007
Dame Ellen MacArthur and albatrosses on BBC4
Put a date in your diary and tune into BBC4 on 12 June at 9 pm, when an hour-long documentary about Dame Ellen MacArthur's stay on Albatross Island will be broadcast.
30 April 2007
Albie has run the London Marathon!
'Albie ran his first marathon on Sunday 22 April and finished in 4 hours 25 minutes! Well, actually he was hitching a ride on the top of my hat, while I (Catherine Marriott, RSPB staff member) pounded round the London Marathon route in the heat of the day with 36,390 other runners.'
15 March 2007
United Nations backing for getting seabirds off the hook
The plight of the world's seabirds has been recognised by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Fisheries.
27 February 2007
New Zealand takes action on longlining
Forest & Bird (BirdLife in New Zealand) has applauded the New Zealand government's decision to impose new restrictions on longline fishing in New Zealand waters.
14 February 2007
Targets to cut seabird deaths met early in the Falklands
A scheme to cut the number of albatross deaths around the Falkland Islands at the hands of the longline fishing industry has been spectacularly successful.
14 February 2007
Youngsters bid to save the 'most awesome birds of all'
The RSPB will this week launch its youth fundraising campaign - the 'Save the Albatross' appeal. Wildlife Explorers - the charity's 160,000 strong youth membership - and children across the UK can this year raise funds for the majestic seabird, which is facing extinction due to long-line fishing methods.
26 January 2007
Stunning albatross photo wins major award
Pat Douglass's photo of a black-browed albatross was awarded a highly commended in the 'Animals in their environment' category of the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition last year.
22 January 2007
Don't 'can' albatross populations, BirdLife warns
As representatives from the five commissions controlling global tuna fishing meet for the first time to discuss the future of tuna stocks, the RSPB and BirdLife International have warned that the outlook for most of the world's albatrosses also rest with these bodies.
16 January 2007
World's largest tuna fishery takes steps to reduce albatross deaths
Cleo Small, International Marine Policy Officer for the RSPB, recently attended a meeting in Apia, Samoa, and reports back.
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