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title: "SCAR Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals releases meeting report"
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# SCAR Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals releases meeting report

The Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research ([SCAR](http://www.scar.org/)) has recently released the minutes of its meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1 August 2010 ([click here](https://acap.aq/2010-news-archive/scar-expert-group-on-birds-and-marine-mammals-meets-this-week-in-ba ) for an earlier report of the meeting).  The meeting was attended by 20 participants from eight countries.

 Discussions included developments with the [Expert Group's web site](http://www.egbamm.scar.org/), which is planned to host the following:

 Database on publications dealing with top predators from the Southern Ocean;

 Database on tracking data of top predators; and

 Database of EG-BAMM members aimed at facilitating networking within the community.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/I/Indian_Yellow_nosed/indian_yellow_nosed_albatross_marion_island_by_nico_de_bruyn.jpg "Fledgling Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross ashore on Marion Island.  Photograph by Nico de Bruyn")

 The Chief Officer of EG-BAMM is Mark Hindell (Australia) and its Secretary is Jan Ropert-Coudert (France) who together work with nine members from seven other countries.  EG-BAMM was established by amalgamating the former SCAR Groups of Experts on Birds and on Seals.

 Requests to receive the minutes (which are not available on-line) should be sent to Yan Ropert-Coudert at [yan.ropert-coudert@c-strasbourg.fr](mailto:yan.ropert-coudert@c-strasbourg.fr).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 1 April 2011*