Saving the Albatross

Three albatrosses have been added to Annex 1 of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), thus ensuring that the Agreement covers all of the species of albatross. This very welcome move ensures that albatrosses now have full legal protection in International Law.
Albatrosses are generally thought of as Southern Hemisphere birds but these three, the North Pacific species of albatross, Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus, Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes are all found in the Northern Hemisphere.  There is now a real chance of arresting the decline in population across all species of albatross thus helping to conserve these magnificent birds.

Photo by Matt Knoth / Flickr 

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