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title: "Registration for the First World Seabird Conference now open"
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# Registration for the First World Seabird Conference now open

The 1st World Seabird Conference will be held over 7-11 September 2010 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

  

 Visit the conference [website](http://www.WorldSeabirdConference.com) for programme updates, including preliminary details regarding the conference workshop series.

  

 Registration for conference workshops will be available shortly.  The submission deadline for abstracts is 5 March 2010.

  

 The following sessions are seeking speakers:

  

 Seabird Phenotypic Plasticity and Microevolution

 Spatial Ecology at Sea: Opportunities and Challenges for Seabird Marine Protected Areas

  

 Contact Patrick Jodice of the Scientific Programme Committee for submission details.

  

 *19 February 2010*

  

   *![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/B/Black_Petrel_by_Dept_of_Conservation_New_Zealand.jpg "Black Petrel: a New Zealand-endemic ACAP species.  Photograph by Department of Conservation")*