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title: "Albatrosses, petrels and bycatch mitigation to get their stories told at SAMSS15 in South Africa next month"
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# Albatrosses, petrels and bycatch mitigation to get their stories told at SAMSS15 in South Africa next month

The 15th South African Marine Science Symposium ([SAMSS15)](http://samss2014.co.za/) will be held in the Konservatorium Building, Department of Music, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa over 15-18 July 2014 with the overall theme ‘Waves of Change – a Southern African Perspective’.

 A Special Session entitled ‘Seabird Science and Conservation in Southern Africa’ will be held at SAMSS15.  Accepted papers dealing with aspects of procellariiform seabirds are listed below.

 Daniel Danckwerts: The trophic ecology of the Endangered endemic Barau’s Petrel (*Pterodroma baraui*) at Réunion Island, South-western Indian Ocean

 Bokamaso Lebepe: Hook Pods: silver lining for seabirds in pelagic longline fisheries

 Bronwyn Maree: Significant reductions in mortality of threatened seabirds in a South Africa trawl fishery

 Dominic Rollinson: Diving behaviour of White-chinned Petrels and its relevance for mitigating longline bycatch

 Stefan Schoombie: Breeding success and foraging ecology of Sooty and Light-mantled Sooty Albatrosses on Marion Island

 Ross Wanless: Tracking changes for managing tuna longline bycatch on the high seas

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Light_mantled/Light-mantled by Rowan Treblico.jpg)

 A Light-mantled Sooty Albatross guards its chick

 Photograph by Rowan Treblico

 With thanks to Ross Wanless for information

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 9 June 2014*