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title: "Procellariiform and bycatch newsletters of relevance to ACAP: updated list"
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# Procellariiform and bycatch newsletters of relevance to ACAP: updated list

Several newsletters on procellariiform seabirds and on bycatch issues are of relevance to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.  A list follows.  Readers are requested to e-mail the ACAP Information Officer ([John.Cooper@ac.aq](https://www.acap.aq/John.Cooper@acap.aq)) with information on any not listed. 

**The Albatross** Newsletter of the Southern Seabird Study Association Inc. (SOSSA), based in Australia.  First issued as the Newsletter of the New South Wales Albatross Study Group (No. 1 July 1993).  Current issue: No. 41, June 2008.  From No. 24 (November 2000) available electronically on SOSSA’s web site at [www.sossa-international.org](http://www.sossa-international.org/).  Current Editors: Brook Whylie, Janice Jenkin-Smith and Lindsay Smith at [sossa@tpg.com.au](mailto:sossa@tpg.com.au).

 **Bycatch Communication Network Newsletter** Electronic newsletter.  No. 1 issued April 2006.  Current issue: No. 11, November/December 2008.  Not restricted to bycatch of birds but includes cetaceans and turtles.  Editor: Emma Bradshaw. [ejb@bigpond.net.au](mailto:ejb@bigpond.net.au).

 **Sea Change** Electronic newsletter of BirdLife International’s Global Seabird Programme.  No. 1 undated but issued October 2005.  Current issue No. 4 (August 2008).  [http://seabirds.birdlife.org](http://seabirds.birdlife.org/).  See also [www.savethealbatross.net](http://www.savethealbatross.net/).

 **Seabird Conservation Newsletter** Newsletter of the IAATO – Save the Albatross Campaign, which is run by The Albatross Project of Birds Australia ([www.birdsaustralia.com.au](http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/)).  IAATO is the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators ([www.iaato.org](http://www.iaato.org/)).  No. 1 issued July 2006, No. 2 August 2007, No. 3 October 2008.  Editor: Patricia Silva, [psrodri@mdp.edu.ar](mailto:psrodri@mdp.edu.ar).

**Southern Seabirds Solutions** The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust (based in New Zealand) was formed in July 2002 to promote the adoption of fishing practices that avoid mortality of southern hemisphere seabirds.  Newsletter No. 1 issued September 2002.  Current issue: No. 11 of December 2008.  Available electronically at [www.southernseabirds.org](http://www.southernseabirds.org/) 

**Tītī Times** Newsletter of the Kia Mau te Tītī Mo Ake Tōnu Atu (Keep the Titi Forever) research project, based in New Zealand.  Concentrates on the Sooty Shearwater (Titi) *Puffinus griseus*.  No. 1 issued January 1995.  Current issue: No. 20, October 2008.  Two more issues are expected as the research project comes to an end.  Back issues are free on request.  [www.otago.ac.nz/titi/links.html](http://www.otago.ac.nz/titi/links.html).  Editors (no. 20): Jamie Newman, Henrik Moller ([henrik.moller@otago.ac.nz](mailto:henrik.moller@otago.ac.nz)) and Ben Knight.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 17 May 2008, last updated 24 December 2008*