John Croxall to be the Keynote Speaker at the Fourth World Seabird Conference

John Croxall CBE FRS will be the Keynote Speaker at the Fourth World Seabird Conference, to be held in Hobart, Tasmania over 7-11 September 2026.  John is an Emeritus Professor at the Universities of Durham and Birmingham and Founder and Chair until 2020 of the BirdLife International Marine Programme.

“Formerly Head of Higher Predator Studies and Conservation Biology at British Antarctic Survey, where [he] led research into dynamics of Antarctic marine ecosystems, especially the role of seabirds and marine mammals, including pioneering 30-year studies of albatross, penguin and fur seal population and trophodynamics.  [He] used new technology to study foraging behaviour and movements, including multi-species, season and year tracking studies and established global databases to enable collaborative studies and inputs to national, regional and global marine spatial planning.”

John was involved with ACAP in the early days serving as Chair of the First Scientific Meeting associated with the First Meeting of Parties, held in Hobart in November 2004, for which he was an Advisor to the United Kingdom Delegation.

John Croxall on Bird Island in the South Atlantic

He was active within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), at one stage chairing its then SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee, as well as within the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) during the 1980s and 1990s.

John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 13 March 2026