Abstract submissions to the Fourth World Seabird Conference extended a week to 23 January

The Fourth World Seabird Conference (WSC4) will be held as a hybrid event in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia over 07-11 September 2026 with the overall theme “Wings of Adaptation: Seabirds in a Changing Climate”.

Abstract submissions (and travel award applications which require an abstract submission) for the conference have been extended from today until Friday 23 January 2026.

During the conference Richard Phillips (British Antarctic Survey, UK) and Johannes Fischer (Department of Conservation, Aotearoa New Zealand) will co-convene a symposium entitled “Bridging the implementation gap between seabird and seabird-bycatch mitigation research and fisheries management”.  Read about this and other symposia and workshops of interest to ACAP from here.

John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 15 January 2026