Editing Black-browed albatross (section)

==Conservation==
Until 2013, the [[IUCN]] classified this species as [[endangered]] due to a drastic reduction in population.<ref name="IUCN">BirdLife International (2013)</ref> [[Bird Island, South Georgia|Bird Island]] near South Georgia Island had a 4% per year loss of nesting pairs,<ref name="Poncet"/> and the [[Kerguelen Island]] population had a 17% reduction from 1979 to 1995.<ref name="Wei">Weimerskirch, H. & Jouventin, P. (1998)</ref> [[Diego Ramírez Islands|Diego Ramírez]] decreased in the 1980s but has rebounded recently,<ref name="Schlatter">Schlatter, R. P. (1984)</ref><ref name="Arata1">Arata, J. & Moreno, C. A. (2002)</ref> and the [[Falklands]] had a surge in the 1980s<ref name="Croxall"/><ref name="Gales">Gales, R. (1998)</ref> probably due to abundant fish waste from trawlers;<ref name = "Thompson">Thompson, K. R. & Riddy, M. D. (1995)</ref> however, recent censuses have shown drastic reduction in the majority of the nesting sites there.<ref name="Huin"/> There has been a 67% decline in the population over 64 years.<ref name="BLI"/>
[[File:Black-browed Albatross skeleton.jpg|thumb|Skeleton of a black-browed albatross ([[Museum of Osteology]])]]
Increased [[longline fishing]] in the southern oceans, especially around the [[Patagonian Shelf]] and around South Georgia has been attributed as a major cause of the decline of this bird,<ref name="Prince">Prince, P. A.; et al. (1998)</ref><ref name="Schiavini">Schiavini, A.; et al. (1998)</ref><ref name="Stagi">Stagi, A.; et al. (1998)</ref><ref name="Tuck">Tuck, G. & Polacheck, T. (1997)</ref> The black-browed albatross has been found to be the most common bird killed by fisheries.<ref name="Schiavini"/><ref name="Stagi"/><ref name="Gales2">Gales, R.; et al. (1998)</ref><ref name="Murray">Murray, T. E.; et al. (1993)</ref><ref name="Boix">Ryan, P. G. & Boix-Hinzen, C. (1998)</ref><ref name="Ryan">Ryan, P. G.; et al. (2002)</ref><ref name="Reid2">Reid, T. A. & Sullivan, B. J. (2004)</ref> [[Trawl fishing]], especially around the [[Patagonian Shelf]]<ref name="Sullivan">Sullivan, B. J. & Reid, T. A. (2002)</ref> and near South Africa, is also a large cause of deaths.<ref name="Watkins">Watkins, B. P.; et, al (2007)</ref>

Conservation efforts underway start with this species being placed on [[Convention on Migratory Species]] Appendix II, and [[Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels]] Annex 1. It is being monitored on half of the islands, and most of the breeding sites are reserves. [[Heard Island]], [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Island]], [[Macquarie Island]], and the [[New Zealand]] islands are [[World Heritage Site]]s. An initial [[Chile]]an census has also been completed.<ref name="Lawton">Lawton, K.; et al. (2004)</ref>