• 10 minutes with an Albatross Task Force Support Officer
    If you have visited our blog before, you will probably have heard about our famous Albatross Task Force by now. The international team of seabird bycatch mitigation instructors work in some of the world...
  • Albatross Task Force: Viewing the world through a different lens
    In the Albatross Task Force we have the opportunity to see the world through a different lens. We go to sea on commercial fishing vessels and observe how the marine ecosystem is impacted by industrial...
  • Life as a member of the Albatross Task Force- saving South Georgia albatross
    We have all marvelled at the beauty of albatross through #AlbatrossStories, detailing the lives of albatross from the island of South Georgia. However, the hard reality is that the birds we have been...
  • New trials to save albatross begin in the Argentina trawl fishery
    The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and many populations are now threatened with extinction. Last information from BirdLife International...
  • What is life like in the Albatross Task Force team in Brazil?
    We set sail from the pier at Torquato Pontes Pescados in Rio Grande, southern Brazil, at 1:30 AM. In a precise manoeuvre the captain steered the boat safely out of port, despite the 25 knot winds making...