August 2008
Mandatory form to make incidental catch reporting more realistic and uniform (Ministry of Fisheries media release)
Commercial fishers will soon be reporting incidental catches of seabirds, marine mammals, marine reptiles, protected fish species and corals, sponges and bryozoans under a new mandatory system designed to collect more accurate information.

July 2008
Long flight to photo award for Albatross (WWF article)
Like many fishers, Cameron Long is a man of few words. But he was persuaded to make an acceptance speech as he collected the winning prize at the Southern Seabird Solutions competition.

February 2008
Seabird protection measures announced (Ministry of Fisheries media release)
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton today announced a suite of measures to protect seabirds from being accidentally caught when commercial vessels are fishing. 

January 2008
Injured albatross gets a little R&R (New Zealand Herald article)
They are considered a sign of good luck when following a ship but bad luck if harmed or injured, so when a wandering albatross crashed into skipper Jason Wootton's game fishing boat, he made sure it received immediate first aid. 

November 2007
Government proposes seabird death limits in fisheries (Minister of Fisheries media release)
The Government today published a document that proposes, as part of its commitment to sustainability, to set limits for the number of seabird deaths in New Zealand fisheries.

September 2007
More measures for seabird protection (Minister of Fisheries media release)
Minister Jim Anderton said the government is moving quickly to control further impacts from fishing on seabirds, including the critically endangered Chatham albatross, in view of a government observer reporting that 12 Chatham albatrosses and 22 Salvin’s albatrosses were accidentally caught by a long-line vessel fishing for ling and bluenose on the Chatham Rise last week.

September 2007
The Amazing Albatrosses (Smithsonian article)
They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. Mate for life. And they're among the world's most endangered birds. Can albatrosses be saved?

April 2007
The incredible journey of sooty shearwater from New Zealand to the north Pacific (TerraNature article)
Every summer, millions of sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus arrive off the coast of California, their huge flocks astonishing visitors who may have trouble grasping that the dark swirling clouds over the water consist of seabirds.

March 2007
More Hutton's shearwater chicks to be moved to Kaikoura Peninsula (DOC media release)
Up to 100 Hutton’s shearwater/titi chicks are due to be moved to Kaikoura Peninsula this week in the latest phase of an attempt to establish a new breeding colony for the endangered seabird.

February 2007 
500th royal albatross chick at Taiaroa Head named (DOC media release)
Conservation Minister Chris Carter today formally named the 500th royal albatross chick to hatch at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura on the Otago Peninsula, the only mainland breeding colony of albatross in the southern hemisphere
Department of Conservation Media Release

January 2007
New surface longline restrictions in place to prevent bird deaths (Minister of Fisheries media release)
Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton announced today he is placing restrictions on the use of surface longlines in order to address threats to albatross and other seabirds.

January 2007 
New threatened species list (DOC media release)                              
The release of the updated ‘New Zealand Threat Classification System lists’, a publication listing threatened plants and animals.