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Contents

• The Recovery Team
• Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Species breeding within areas under Australian jurisdiction
  • 2.1 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758
  • 2.2 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Temminick 1828
  • 2.3 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Gould 1841
  • 2.4 Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Forster 1785
  • 2.5 Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Forster 1785
  • 2.6 Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli Mathews 1912
  • 2.7 Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus Gmelin 1789
• 3. Species foraging, but not breeding, within areas under Australian jurisdiction
  • 3.1 Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Matthews, 1929
  • 3.2 Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
  • 3.3 Gibson's Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
  • 3.4 Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi Murphy 1917
  • 3.5 Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Lesson 1825
  • 3.6 Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux et al. 1983
  • 3.7 Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Rothschild 1893
  • 3.8 Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida Mathews 1912
  • 3.9 Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Rothschild 1893
  • 3.10 Pacific Albatross Thalassarche nov. sp. Reichenow 1898
  • 3.11 White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
  • 3.12 Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini Rothschild 1893
  • 3.13 Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita Murphy 1930
  • 3.14 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Gmelin 1789
  • 3.15 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri Mathews 1912
  • 3.16 Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca Hilsenberg 1822
• 4. The critical habitat of species breeding within areas under Australian jurisdiction
• 5. Threats and Issues
• 6. Recovery
• 7. List of abbreviations
• 8. References
• 9. Appendices
  • Appendix 1: Summary of IUCN Criteria (1996)
  • Appendix 2: Content of Recovery Plans
  • Appendix 3: Breeding locations of all albatross and giant-petrel species covered in this Recovery Plan

The Recovery Team

• Chris Boland (Consultant) — Australian National University, Canberra
• Barry Baker (Chair) — Environment Australia, Natural Heritage Division
• Narelle Montgomery — Environment Australia, Natural Heritage Division
• Dr Rosemary Gales — Dept of Primary Industries, Water & Environment, Tasmania
• Nigel Brothers — Dept of Primary Industries, Water & Environment, Tasmania
• Anthony De Fries — Australian Fisheries Management Authority
• Dr Graham Robertson — Australian Antarctic Division
• Nicola Beynon — Humane Society International
• Margaret Moore — World Wide Fund for Nature
• David Priddel — New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
• Peter Alexander — Dept for Environment and Heritage, South Australian
• Dr Andrew Burbidge — Dept of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia
• Dr Ian Norman — Parks Flora & Fauna Division, Dept of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria

The impetus for this recovery plan began in December 1997 when several albatross species were listed as threatened, highlighting the need to develop a coordinated conservation strategy for albatrosses and giant-petrels.

In March 1998, Chris Boland, a biologist from the Australian National University, was employed by Environment Australia as an independent consultant to develop this recovery plan on behalf of the Recovery Team.

On 24 November 1999 a draft version of this Recovery Plan was released for a three month public comment period. Fifteen public comments were received from a range of conservation organisations, government bodies, fishing industry representatives, veterinarians and concerned individuals. Many of these comments were subsequently assimilated into this final version of the plan. This plan was approved by the Minister for Environment and Heritage on 4 October 2001.

The results of this Recovery Plan will be revised annually by the Recovery Team. An updated version of the Recovery Plan will be created 5 years from the release of this plan. The Recovery Team would like to thank everyone involved in the production of the Recovery Plan.

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