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title: "ACAP’s Advisory Committee to meet in La Serena, Chile next May: Circular No. 2 now available"
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# ACAP’s Advisory Committee to meet in La Serena, Chile next May: Circular No. 2 now available

The Ninth Meeting of the ACAP [Advisory Committee](http://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee) (AC9) and the preceding Working Group meetings will be held at the beach-side [Hotel Club La Serena](http://www.clublaserena.com/), Avenida del Mar 1000, La Serena, Region de Coquimbo, Chile over 2-13 May 2016.  [La Serena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Serena,_Chile) is a coastal town 470 km north of Santiago, the capital of Chile.

 .![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Meetings/Club-Hotel_La_Serena.jpg)

 Hotel Club La Serena

 The Seventh Meeting of the [Seabird Bycatch Working Group](http://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/seabird-bycatch-working-group) (SBWG7) will be held from Monday, 2 May to Wednesday, 4 May 2016.  The Third Meeting of the [Population and Conservation Status Working Group](http://www.acap.aq/en/documents/working-groups/population-and-conservation-status-working-group) (PaCSWG3) will be held from Thursday, 5 May to Friday, 6 May 2016.  AC9 will be held from Monday 9 to Friday 13 May 2016.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Shearwaters/Pink_footed/pink-footed_shearwater_peter_hodum.jpg)

 Pink-footed Shearwater, breeding endemic to Chile, and ACAP's most recently-listed species, Photograph by Peter Hodum

 See [Circular No. 2](http://www.acap.aq/en/documents/advisory-committee/ac9/ac9-circulars) for more details on the Chile meetings.  Further information on the transfer services, social events and other logistical arrangements will be provided in AC9 Meeting Circular No. 3.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 8 December 2015*