Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results
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Document ID=1003789| Plan Title | Plan Stage | Plan Lead Region (FWS) | Plan Lead Office (FWS) | Species Common Name | Species Scientific Name | Action Priority | Action Number | Action Description | Action Status | Estimated Initiation Date | Estimated Completion Date | Action Lead Agencies | Responsible Parties | Work Types | Labor Types | Comments | Implementation Activity Number | Implementation Activity Description | Implementation Activity Status | Implementation Activity Estimated Initiation Date | Implementation Activity Estimated Completion Date | Implementation Activity Labor Types | Implementation Activity Work Types | Implementation Activity Responsible Parties | Implementation Activity Comments | Implementation Activity Species |
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| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 9.6 | Prepare protocols for population monitoring data collection (1st breeding age, % adults breeding, baseline pop info, behavior) | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 9.7 | Develop and make available protocols for all aspects of short-tailed albatross work | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 1.1 | Continue annual monitoring of Tsubamezaki and Hatsune-zaki on Torishima (active pairs, eggs, fledglings) | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Population Monitoring | Species Expert | Conducted annually by Japanese researchers | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 1.3 | Conduct decoy & sound system maintenance at Mukojima colony | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Population Monitoring | Labor type not yet selected | Annually by YIO | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 2 | Monitor Senkaku population | Ongoing Current | FY 2012 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Population Monitoring | Labor type not yet selected | Initiated effort with collaborator at BLM to monitor Senkaku nesting birds with satellite imagery. No cost at this time. Prepared proposal for funding and submitted in 2013, but was not funded. Will keep trying. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.1 | Conduct feasibility study of other potential colony re-establishment sites | Complete | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | Others | Institute for Boninology, Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Labor type not yet selected | During 2005 and 2006, researchers from the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Japan’s Ministry of Environment and the Institute for Boninology studied a number of historical STAL nesting islands to choose the best site for the translocation. Mukojima was selected because it had appropriate topography and was already in protected ownership. This island was much studied to determine if there would be impacts to native flora and invertebrate fauna prior to the project. | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.2 | Prepare selected new translocation colony site (including arranging access, governmental permits, local outreach, building construction) | Complete | FY 2007 | FY 2007 | Others | Institute for Boninology, Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Species Expert | Outreach included meetings with local fishermen to ensure protection of the area immediately surrounding Mukojima | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.3 | Conduct passive attraction of birds to Mukojima using decoys and recorded colony sounds following annual translocation effort | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Institute for Boninology, Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Species Expert | Sound system and decoys will be maintained and used on an ongoing basis to attract new and returning STAL to Mukojima colony site. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.4 | Conduct surrogate species translocation study (best age for translocation, hand rearing at colony site devoid of adults) | Complete | FY 2007 | FY 2007 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Labor type not yet selected | Pilot work conducted with LAAL in 2006,and BFAL in 2007. | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.5.1 | Translocation of post-guard chicks from Torishima to new protected island colony site | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2012 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Institute for Boninology, Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Labor type not yet selected | Five translocations of STAL chicks from Torishima to Mukojima have been completed, as follows: Year #Chicks # Chicks Moved Fledged 2008 10 10 2009 15 15 2010 15 15 2011 15 15 2012 15 14 For a total of 69 STAL chicks fledged from Mukojima | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 4.6 | Monitor and maintain Mukojima site | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Institute for Boninology, Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reintroduction | Labor type not yet selected | START Rank #4 out of 41. It is essential to continue this priority 1 task annually, until breeding colony is well-established on Mukojima. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 1.2.2 | Torishima erosion control; maintain existing gabions above at Tsubamezaki colony and remove sediment from central drainage through Tsubamezaki slope | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Others | Others, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Species Expert | Conducted periodically by Japanese partners | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.1.2 | Conduct Torishima telemetry work; fledglings, sub-adults, post-breeders | Ongoing Not Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Massachusetts, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Research: Habitat Requirements | Contract | Original research questions have been addressed, and no additional work currently planned; however, there is interest in conducting follow-up work to determine whether 2010 earthquake/ tsunami/ Fukojima incident have altered STAL movement & foraging patterns. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.1.3 | Conduct telemetry work on Mukojima fledglings and Toroshima fledglings | Partially Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2014 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Massachusetts, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Monitor and Estimate Bycatch, Management: International Cooperation, Management: Identify/Protect Foraging, Breeding and Mig Habitats | Contract | Transmitter deployment began with the first STAL translocation in May 2008, and has continued through May 2012. Each year, satellite transmitters were attached to half of the fledglings from each site. Although no additional transmitter deployment is anticipated, data collection will continue as long as the transmitters last, up to three years for fledglings with harness attachment (see Action 3.3.1).OSU CESU agreement includes analyzing data from translocation studies to evaluate translocated verses naturally reared STAL. While the data collection part of this action is complete, the analyses and publishing part is not. | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.2.1 | Conduct at-sea telemetry on birds captured in the Aleutian islands soon after the breeding season | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2008 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | Total cost was $300,000 | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.2.2 | Conduct research on albatross hotspots at sea for risk assessment. | Partially Complete | FY 2009 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | Efforts currently underway to collect, summarize and publish findings. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.3.1 | Conduct PTT attachment evaluation (harness types, glue, tape) | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2008 | Others | Oregon State University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Reduce Bycatch, Management: Population Monitoring | Species Expert, Contract | From 2009-2012, harnesses have been deployed on two fledglings from Torishima (and two from Mukojima (4 in each year from 2009-2012 for a total of 16 harnessed birds. These tags can send signals for up to 3 years, as compared with a maximum of 6 months for the tesa tape attachment, which is applied to all other Torishima and Mukojima tagged fledglings.Double (inner and outer) teflon ribbon is used.No differences in survival between harness-attached vs. tape-attached tagged fledglings has been noted. Transmission from harnessed birds sometimes sporadic, when feathers cover solar panel (does not occur with tape attachment). | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.3.2 | Evaluate/deploy archival tags (involves recapture) | Not Started | Others | Oregon State University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 3.5 | Determine at-sea distribution; get assistance from an NGO to organize international data collection from ships of opportunity | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: International Cooperation, Management: Identify/Protect Foraging, Breeding and Mig Habitats | Species Expert | Emphasis is no longer on NGO participation.Two databases exist: the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird database (NPPSD), maintained by USGS, and the incidental sighting database, maintained by the Anchorage Field Office of USFWS. The NPPSD records only survey data, not incidental sightings. As of 2012, the Recovery Team Leader is working with Dr. Watanuki of Hokkaido University to incorporate survey data from Japanese fishing and research vessels into the NPPSD. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 4.5.2 | Translocation of fledglings from Tsubame-zaki to Hatsune-zaki colony on Torishima | Obsolete | Others | To be determined | Management: Reintroduction | Labor type not yet selected | In the mid-1990s, long before the inter-island translocation project researchers from YIO were attempting to passively attract breeding STAL to more stable ground on Torishima (via decoys and playback of recorded sounds) The new colony, Hatsune-zaki, attracted only a single pair for a number of years, but began to grow in the mid-2000s and as of 2012 has ___pairs breeding at the new site. | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.1 | Conduct fisheries related bycatch reduction research; integrated weight line research | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2008 | Others | Washington Sea Grant Program | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | Dietrich et al (2008) compared seabird bycatch using integrated weight (IW) lines alone and in combination with paired streamer lines (PS) in Alaskan fisheries. W lines reduced the distance astern that birds have access to sinking baits by near half. . IW+PS performed best, sinking gear within the protection area of of streamer lines, eliminating surface forager (e.g., albatross) catch completely and reducing diving bird (e.g. shearwater) catch by 97%, relative to the control. Unweighted line (UW) +PS, and IW alone performed similarly ,reducing surface forager catch rates by 98% and 91%, respectively, and shearwater rates by 87% and 80%, respectively. Authors conclude that IW longlines and paired streamer lines deployed together constitute the best management practice for seabird conservation in demersal longline fisheries using autoline systems. | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.2 | Conduct fisheries related bycatch reduction research; trawl gear interaction rate study | Complete | Prior to FY 1995 | FY 2008 | Others | National Marine Fisheries Service , Washington Sea Grant Program | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | This task was combined with # 5.3 (see below) | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.3 | Conduct fisheries related bycatch reduction research; trawl gear interaction minimization study | Complete | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Others | National Marine Fisheries Service , Washington Sea Grant Program | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | Melvin et al (2010) compared the rate of heavy seabird strikes by third-wire cables and warps, using three mitigation measures compared to a control. Streamer lines significantly reduced heavy seabird strikes by 3rd wires and warps regardless of minced vs. rendered discharge. Snatch blocks also reduced third-wire strike rates, but this method was less effective than streamer lines. Warp booms failed to reduce seabird warp strikes, but this technique could be improved. These results show for the first time that seabird strikes with modern third-wire trawl sonar cable systems can be reduced through mitigation or gear modification and that warp strikes can be mitigated with techniques similar to those found successful in southern hemisphere fisheries. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.4 | Conduct fisheries related bycatch reduction research; pelagic longline gear interaction minimization study | Partially Complete | FY 2007 | Others | National Marine Fisheries Service , Washington Sea Grant Program | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | BirdLife International and Washington SeaGrant have produced a Bycatch Mitigation Factsheet addressing the effectiveness of paired streamer lines and their potential application to pelagic fisheries (see http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/pdfs/PelagicStreamerLines.pdf) but definitive tests of different streamer line designs are needed to determine the best streamer line for pelagic fisheries. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.5 | Conduct fisheries related bycatch reduction research; refine US and foreign mitigation measures in fisheries | Partially Complete | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Others | National Marine Fisheries Service , World Wildlife Fund, Washington Sea Grant Program | Management: Reduce Bycatch | Labor type not yet selected | Sent fisheries experts to Russia in cooperation with WWF. In April 2012, The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) announced that all longline vessels in the Indian Ocean will now be required to use two of three seabird bycatch mitigation measures: streamer (tori) lines; adding weights to hooks; or setting hooks at night. hile not directly aplicable to STAL, this highlights the growing international concern for seabird bycatch in longline fisheries and establishment of regulatory measures to address it. 2013 - Publication of paper, "Overlap of North Pacific albatrosses with the U.S. west coast groundfish and shrimp fisheries", in the Journal -Fisheries Research. Also in 2013, WWF led an effort to encourage the use of seabird bycatch avoidance measures in Russia. This effort will be ongoing. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.5.1 | Examine fisheries-albatross range overlap including Japanese, Russian, Korean, Taiwanese, US, Canadian, Chinese fisheries | Partially Complete | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Others | To be determined | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | Work is ongoing, by BirdLife International and Regional Fisheries management Organizations. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 5.5.4 | Develop GIS showing short-tailed albatross range | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | To be determined | Research: Bycatch Reduction | Labor type not yet selected | This task is essentially completed, although periodically updated as new data become available.Data derive both from targeted surveys and sightings from vessels of opportunity. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 6.2 | Initiate formal study to collect and analyze food habits of STAL | Ongoing Current | FY 2011 | Others | Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Research: Dietary Studies | Labor type not yet selected | Yamashina Institute for Ornithology is collecting samples of STAL regurgitate to analyze for ppresence of radiation from the Fukoshima nuclear disaster. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 6.3.1 | Conduct contaminants analysis on addled eggs, feathers, and dead chicks | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 6.3.2 | Add short-tailed component to the study of BFAL contaminants load and foraging relative to reproductive success (Hg, other metals, POPs) | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 6.3.6 | Investigate incidence and effects of plastics ingested by short-tailed albatross. | Ongoing Current | FY 2013 | Others | Others | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | Collaborate with San Diego State University study of plastic ingestion in albatross by identifying organic contaminanants in livers of bycatch birds. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 7.1 | Invite and encourage participation of Japanese Ministry of Fisheries at START meetings | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | U.S. Department of State | Management: Reduce Bycatch | Labor type not yet selected | Note: action duration is 1 year/ongoing | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 7.3 | Complete short-tailed albatross recovery plan; update every 5 years | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2008 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | Completed Final RP; 5-year review completed FY09. Recovery Plan update scheduled for 2013, but deferred due to higher priority activities. | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 7.4 | Hold recovery team meetings periodically | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | "Mini" recovery team meeting held in conjunction with Pacific Seabird Group meeting in Feb. 2013 | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 8.1 | Organize seabird bycatch reduction outreach/workshops for other countries fishing in North Pacific | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Reduce Bycatch | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 8.2 | Maintain list of formal international outreach opportunities to foster international cooperation in implementing state-of-the-art seabird bycatch reduction methods & conduct outreach | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Management: Reduce Bycatch | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 8.3 | Create outreach material for international meetings | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Reduce Bycatch | Labor type not yet selected | Collaborating with Museum of New Zealand to develop travelling exhibit | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 8.4 | Translate important documents into Japanese, English | Ongoing Current | FY 2006 | Others | To be determined | Management: International Cooperation | Contract | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 8.5 | Pursue additional support from Japanese government (through bilateral migratory bird treaty or other means) | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, To be determined | Management: International Cooperation | Labor type not yet selected | Translocation site maintenance and monitoring now funded by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 9.1 | Develop/refine Population Viability Analysis | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2008 | Others | University of Massachusetts | Research: Demographic Studies | Labor type not yet selected | Completed | ||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 2 | 9.3 | Develop protocols for field handling | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | Others | Oregon State University, University of Massachusetts, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 1.4.1 | Develop and deploy abrasion-resistant leg band (titanium, Darvic) to replace incoloy | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Other Information | Labor type not yet selected | 2-year development; deployment ongoing | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 1.4.2 | Develop and deploy diamond-like coating for color bands for obtaining demographic information | Not Started | Others | Toho University | Research: Other Information | Labor type not yet selected | 1-year development; deployment ongoing | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 3.4 | Develop clear goal statement of telemetry work | Obsolete | Others | Oregon State University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 6.1 | Conduct genetic analyses to detect differences between Torishima and Senkaku STAL | Ongoing Current | Others | To be determined | Research: Taxonomic Studies | Species Expert | Analyses of Eda et al (2011) indicated sizeable genetic differences between Torishima and Senkakus STAL breeders. Also, Senkaku birds have reduced genetic variation, while Torishima breeders do not. Pursuing this line of research is not possible at this time due to inaccessibility of Senkakus; currently ranked #38 of 41 by START. This may change if ownership of Senkakus is ascertained in the future. | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 6.3.4 | Develop oil spill contingency plans/conduct outreach for high-risk areas | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Coast Guard , Canadian Coast Guard, Japan Coast Guard | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 6.3.5.1 | Compare eggshell thickness of new & museum STAL eggs | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 6.3.5.2 | Compare mercury concentrations between historic and recently collected STAL feathers | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 7.2 | Overlay short-tailed albatross distribution with areas being considered or developed for offshore development (wind farms, tidal energy, fish farming). | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Research: Habitat Status | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 9.2 | Develop protocol for necropsy/carcass processing. partners | Partially Complete | Prior to FY 1995 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | Worked with NMFS and Oikonos. Still need to collaborate with Japanese | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 9.4 | Develop protocol for contaminants sampling | Partially Complete | FY 2006 | Others | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 9.5 | Develop protocol for research methodologies (e.g. plastics sampling at colony site) | Not Started | Others | To be determined | Management: Planning | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish & Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 1 | 3.1.1 | Conduct Torishima telemetry work; breeders during breeding season | Ongoing Current | FY 2009 | Others | Oregon State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Research: Habitat Requirements | Species Expert | Original research questions have been addressed, and no additional work currently planned; however, there is interest in conducting follow-up work to determine whether 2010 earthquake/ tsunami/ Fukojima incident have altered STAL movement & foraging patterns. | |||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish & Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 1.4.3 | Resume color banding of chicks on Torishima | Ongoing Current | Others | Toho University, Yamishina Institute for Ornithology | Research: Demographic Studies | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Short-Tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) Final Recovery Plan | F | 7 | Anchorage Fish & Wildlife Field Office (907) 271-2888 | Short-tailed albatross | Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus | 3 | 6.3.3 | Overlay STAL distribution with oil tanker routes, high potential oil exploration areas and relay information to appropriate entities | Ongoing Current | Others | To be determined | Research: Habitat Status | Labor type not yet selected |