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With the 5th International Albatross and Petrel Conference (IAPC5) to be held in Wellington, New Zealand from 13-17 August an opportunity exists for New Zealand petrel and albatross researchers to come together to hold a workshop as a step towards identifying research and monitoring priorities.

"The workshop will be species focused seeking to identify those species where monitoring, research or management are most urgently required or most usefully undertaken. The workshop will seek to identify those actions that are essential to ensure the survival, persistence and/or recovery of the species concerned and those species, threatened or non-threatened, that could provide useful insights into marine ecology and climate change.

"Currently most petrel and albatross research and management actions in New Zealand are focused on endangered species and those species known to be most at risk from fisheries bycatch, notably some albatross species.  This workshop is an opportunity to look beyond those species and identify other species where research/monitoring/management is essential or those species where research could help us better understand ocean ecology or the implications of climate change."

All researchers and conservation managers who have undertaken work with New Zealand albatrosses or petrels are invited to take part. In addition relevant staff from New Zealand Government Departments and NGOs and from Birdlife International are encouraged to participate.

Buller's Albatross: a New Zealand breeding endemic
Photograph by Chris Golding

The one-day workshop will be held on 12 August in Wellington, New Zealand and will be facilitated by John Croxall and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  Contact the latter for more information.

It is intended to report here on the workshop outcomes once they become available.

With thanks to Barry Baker for information.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 12 July 2012