Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team to hold open session in Cape Town

The meeting of the Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team (START 4),  to be held in Cape Town immediately before the Fourth International Albatross and Petrel Conference, will commence  with a public presentation session.  All interested persons are welcome to attend this session.

AGENDA

Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team Meeting

Hotel Protea Victoria Junction

Cape Town, SA

August 8-10, 2008

 

August 8

8:00-8:30                     Introductory Remarks and Logistics, Greg Balogh

 Public Presentation Session 

8:30-9:15                     Short-tailed albatross Population Monitoring (Hiroshi Hasegawa)

 9:15-9:45                     Seabird Bycatch Reduction Research (Greg Balogh for Ed Melvin) 

9:45-10:15                   Summary Of Current Seabird Bycatch Regulations And International Bycatch Reduction Actions. (Kim Rivera)   

 

10:15-10:30                 Break

 

10:15-10:45                 Satellite Telemetry of non-breeding short-tailed albatross (Rob Suryan)

  

10:45-11:15                 Satellite Telemetry of breeding short-tailed albatross (Rob Suryan)

 

11:15-11:45                 Explanation of recent population modeling efforts and PVA (Paul Sievert           )

 

11:45-12:00                 Laysan Albatross Translocation (Judy Jacobs)

 

12:00-1:00                   Lunch

 

1:00-1:30                     Black-footed Albatross Translocation (Tomohiro Deguchi)

 

1:30-2:15                     Short-tailed Albatross Translocation (Tomohiro Deguchi)

 

2:15-2:45                     Preliminary results of satellite telemetry of newly fledged chicks (Rob Suryan)

 

2:45-3:15                     Progress in establishing a colony at Hatsune-zaki (Kiyoaki Ozaki)

 End of Public presentation session


 

Closed Door Session of START 4 Begins 

3:30-5:00 PM              Recovery Team Round-table Discussion Topics:

How does new information affect our thinking on recovery criteria?

END DAY ONE

 

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Aug. 9

 

8:00AM-5:00PM         Recovery Team Round-table Discussion Topics (Continued):

 

2) Discussion of new recovery criteria for final Recovery Plan   resulting from peer reviewed comments and new information

 

3) Past funding review and future funding outlook

 

4) The future of albatross translocation

 

5) The future of satellite telemetry studies

 

END DAY TWO

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Aug. 10

8:00 AM-5:00 PM       Recovery Team Round-table Discussion Topics (Continued):

 

6) The future of colony establishment with decoys and sound

 

7) Monitoring plan for albatross translocation

 

8) Reassessment of threats

 

9) Other discussion topics from Discussion Topic Parking Lot

 

10) Reassessment of recovery tasks

 

11) Reprioritization of recovery tasks

 

END DAY THREE

 

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Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP is a multilateral agreement which seeks to conserve listed albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters by coordinating international activity to mitigate known threats to their populations.

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