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The 1st International Science Symposium on the Kerguelen Plateau in the southern Indian Ocean will be held in Concarneau, France from 14 to 16 April 2010 (click here for the conference programme and other details).

The following papers to be presented will be of interest to the Albatross and Petrel Agreement:

Barbraud C., C. Marteau, K. Delord & H. Weimerskirch - Demographic responses of White-chinned Petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis and Grey Petrels P. cinerea to climate and longline fishery by-catch.

Cotté C., K. Delord, C. Péron, C.-A. Bost, G. Duhamel, P. Pruvost, N. Gasco, A. Martin & H. Weimerskirch - Interactions between seabirds and fisheries in the French EEZs: implications for conservation and management.

Hindell, M., Gales, N., Lea, M.-A., Goldsworthy, S., Bost, C.-A., Guinet, C. &, Charassin, J.B.  Foraging habitats of top predators, and areas of ecological significance on the Kerguelen Plateau.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 31 January 2010