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title: "Recording birds at sea off South Africa and in the Southern Ocean: experienced observers wanted"
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# Recording birds at sea off South Africa and in the Southern Ocean: experienced observers wanted

[BirdLife South Africa](http://www.birdlife.org.za) is once more looking for bird observers to collect “Atlas of Seabird at Sea” (AS@S) data for a number of trips planned for this and early next year out of Cape Town.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/black-browed_albatross_trawler4_graham_parker.jpg)

 Black-browed Albatrosses gater behind a trawler in the Southern Ocean, photograph by Graham Parker

 Single observers are required for the following nine coastal cruises on the *Algoa* up to March 2017:

 IEP West Coast cruise: 11-30 May 2016  
 South Coast Moorings cruise: 16-30 Jun 2016  
 IEP West Coast cruise: 3-22 Aug 2016  
 SAMBA Moorings cruise: 5-19 Sep 2016  
 West Coast Whale Survey: 28 Oct- 6 Nov 2016  
 IEP West Coast cruise: 9 Nov - 3 Dec 2016  
 South Coast Moorings cruise: 6 - 15 Dec 2016  
 IEP West Coast cruise: 10 Feb - 5 Mar 2017  
 Benthic - Cape Canyon 9 - 28 Mar 2017

 Expressions of interest are requested for two observers for each of the following two Antarctic cruises on the *S.A. Agulhas II* (berths still to be confirmed):

 Southern Ocean Winter Voyage: 5 - 28 Jul 2016  
 Annual SANAE Relief Voyage: Dec 2016 - Feb 2017

 Data are collected according to revised simplified methods available to view at the [project website](http://seabirds.saeon.ac.za/).

 Sufficient prior experience or participation in the above coastal cruises would be beneficial in securing a position on the Antractic cruises.

 Contact [Taryn Morris](mailto:taryn.morris@birdlife.org.za) for more details experience requited and how to apply.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 12 April 2016*