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A breakthrough in South Korea: A week to be proud of for the Save the Albatross campaign

30 November 2012

This week BirdLife and South Korea held a joint workshop in Busan, marking a major step forward for our work with the Asian distant water tuna fleets.

Albatross task force

At last! European seabirds given fresh hope

16 November 2012

Today, after a long fight, the European Commission has finally launched an EU Plan of Action to reduce seabird bycatch: the incidental deaths of seabirds ensnared in fishing gears.

Long-tailed duck surfacing from dive

UK black-browed albatross numbers on the up

25 July 2012

A new report has indicated a healthy increase in the numbers of black-browed albatrosses breeding in the Falkland Islands, a UK Overseas Territory.

Black browed albatross

Time to tackle gillnets

15 May 2012

A number of BirdLife partners, including the RSPB, met in Berlin on 3-4 May to look at the problem of seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries in Europe and identify best practice in ways to tackle the issue.

Waves, Islay

Landmark move to protect albatrosses in the Indian Ocean announced

27 April 2012

All longline vessels in the Indian Ocean will now be required to use two seabird bycatch mitigation measures

Wandering Albatross taking off (Albatross campaign use only)

Global seabirds on the down slope of a wave

9 March 2012

Albatrosses and penguins are among our best-loved seabirds, but a new report shows these birds are increasingly in trouble

Pair of Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island

Stamp out albatross slaughter this Christmas, urges RSPB

12 December 2011

Save stamps, save albatrosses

Black browed Albatross, Falklands Islands

MEASURES TO PROTECT UK ALBATROSSES GET THEM OFF THE HOOK IN THE NICK OF TIME

21 November 2011

Significant hope for the protection of iconic UK birds

Wandering albatross

Renowned artists battle hurricane to help save the albatross from extinction

3 October 2011

Two internationally acclaimed wildlife artists battled a hurricane and survived to tell the tale – all to raise money for globally threatened albatrosses.

Wandering albatrosses painting

Cartoonist lends support to the Global Seabird Programme

5 August 2011

Latest edition Sea Change is out now

Albatross cartoon