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Monday 11 August 2008

Opening Session

09h00-19h15 John Cooper: Welcome and introductory remarks

09h15-09h45 O1 ACAP (presented by Mark Tasker): The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels – progress, success and the future

09h45-10h15 Morning break

Session I Distribution at sea, Chair: Scott Shaffer

10h15-10h35 O2 Jacob González Solis et al.: The migratory dynamics of shearwaters in the Atlantic

10h35-10h55 O3 Michelle Kappes et al.: Hawaiian albatrosses track inter-annual variability of marine habitats in the North Pacific

10h55-11h15 O4 Leigh Torres et al.: Habitat-use patterns of breeding White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi relative to environmental variability and fishing effort

11h15-11h35 O5 Robert Suryan et al.: Wind, waves and wing-loading: specialization in two Pacific albatrosses species

11h35-11h55 O6 Ewan Wakefield et al.: Wind-imposed flight costs limit the foraging areas accessible to breeding albatrosses

11h55-12h15 O7 Henri Weimerskirch et al.: Distribution at sea of the non-breeding parts of Indian Ocean albatross populations

12h15-13h45 Lunch

Session II Interactions with fisheries, Chair: Ben Sullivan

13h45-14h05 O8 Susan Waugh, Nathan Walkeret al: Preliminary results of an ecological risk assessment for New Zealand fisheries interactions with seabirds

14h05 -14h25 O9 Samantha Petersen et al.: Albatross overlap with fisheries in the Benguela Upwelling System: implications for conservation and management

14h25-14h45 O10 Johanna Pierre et al.: Managing trawl fishery waste to reduce seabird bycatch

14h45-15h05 O11 Carles Carboneras et al.: Are we doing enough to conserve our threatened seabirds? The case of the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

15h05-15h25 O12 Stephani Zador, Shannon Fitzgeraldet al.: Determining spatial and temporal overlap of an Endangered seabird with a large commercial fishery

15h25-16h00 Afternoon break

Session III An opening miscellany, Chair: Peter Ryan

16h00-16h20 O13 Ross Wanless et al.: From both sides: dire demographic consequences of predatory mice and longlining for the Critically Endangered Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena on Gough Island

16h20-16h40 O14 Elena Gómez-Díaz et al.: Patterns of host-dependent genetic structure in ectoparasites of Calonectris shearwaters

16h40-17h00 O15 Emmanuel Milot et al.: Determining the geographic origin of seabirds using molecular assignment tests

17h00-17h20 O16 Harry Battam et al.: Scaling of the locomotor muscles of the petrels Procellariiformes

Tuesday 12 August 2008

Session IV The Short-Tailed Albatross, Chair: Graham Robertson

08h30-09h00 O17 Hiroshi Hasegawa: Long-term population monitoring and conservation of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus on Torishima, Japan

09h00-09h20 O18 Judy Jacobs et al.: Moving and rearing albatross chicks in support of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus recovery: results of two years of ‘pilot’ efforts

09h20-09h40 O19 Tomohiro Deguchi et al.: Translocation and artificial rearing of Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chicks

09h40-10h00 O20 Myra Finkelstein, Paul Sievertet al.: The anatomy of a (potential) disaster: volcanoes, behaviour and life history of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus

10h00-10h30 Morning break

Session V Interactions with fisheries, Chair: Marco Favero

10h30-10h50 O21 Liliana Ayala et al.: Bycatch of albatrosses and petrels in northern Peru

10h50-11h10 O22 Leandro Bugoni et al.: Marine habitat use of wintering Spectacled Petrels Procellaria conspicillata and overlap with longline fishing

11h10-11h30 O23 Sebastian Jiménez, Andrés Domingoet al.: Spatial-temporal patterns in the incidental capture of Black-browed Thalassarche melanophris and Atlantic Yellow-nosed T. chlororhynchos Albatrosses and White-chinned Petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis by pelagic longlines in the south-west Atlantic

11h30-11h50 O24 Barry Watkins: Interactions between seabirds and deep-water hake trawl gear: an assessment of impacts and mitigation in South African waters

11h50-12h10 O25 Virginie Rolland et al.: Comparative demography of four southern albatross species in relation to fisheries and climate

12h10-13h40 Lunch

Session VI Status and trends, Chair: Rosemary Gales

13h40-14h00 O26 Elizabeth Bell et al.: At-sea distribution and population dynamics of Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

14h00-14h20 O27 Javier Arata, Paul Sievertet al.: Status assessment of Laysan Phoebastria immutabilis and Black-footed P. nigripes Albatrosses

14h20-14h40 O28 Newi Makhado et al.: Trends in numbers and breeding success of albatrosses and giant petrels at South Africa’s Marion Island

14h40-15h00 O29 Sally Poncet, Richard Phillipset al.: Status and distribution of Northern Macronectes halli and Southern M. giganteus Giant Petrels at South Georgia

15h00-15h20 O30 Paul Scofield & Chris Robertson: Population demography and foraging ecology of the Chatham Mollymawk Thalassarche eremita

15h20-16h00 Afternoon break

First Poster Session

16h00-18h00

P1 Andrea Angel et al.: Rode nt impacts on seabird colonies at Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

P2 Viviane Barquete & Peter Ryan: White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis: foraging area inferred from stable isotopes

P3 Leandro Bugoni et al.: The role of fishing discards on the trophic structure of albatrosses and petrels wintering in the south-western Atlantic Ocean determined by stable isotopes

P4 Theresa Burg, Henri Weimerskirchet al.: Piecing together the global population puzzle of the wandering albatross Diomedea spp. complex

P5 Nicholas Carlile & David Priddel: T he consolidation of a second colony of Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera : a translocation success story

P6 Caio Carlos et al.: Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from albatrosses and petrels in Brazil

P7 Fernanda Colabuono et al.: Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in procellariiforms from southern Brazil

P8 John Cooper & Barry Baker: Identifying candidate species for inclusion within the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

P9 Karine Delord et al.: Conservation of southern Indian Ocean albatrosses and petrels: a global project on at-sea distribution for the French Southern Territories

P10 Marco Favero et al.: Seabird mortality associated with trawlers in the Patagonian Shelf: discard management as a measure to mitigate the number of contacts with fishing gear

P11 Shannon Fitzgerald et al.: Research-regulation-operation: an evaluation of the effectiveness of seabird mitigation requirements in the Alaskan demersal groundfish longline fleet

P12 Nick Holmes & Jeff Troy: Reduction in the breeding range of Newell’s Shearwaters Puffinus newelli on Kauai, Hawaii: evidence and insights from field surveys and GIS modelling (in absentia)

P13 Sebastián Jiménez et al.: The White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi in the south-west Atlantic: interactions with the pelagic fleet and considerations on its global distribution

P14 Maite Louzao et al.: T he seascape of the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans: guidelines for the design of marine protected areas

P15 Patrícia Mancini et al.: Effect of tori lines on seabird bycatch and fishery productivity in the pelagic longline fleet based in southern Brazil

P16 Emmanuel Milot et al.: Perspectives on inbreeding, dispersal and population dynamics in the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

P17 Loretha Nascimento: Richness, diversity and mapping priority areas to conserve albatrosses and petrels that interact with pelagic longline fisheries in southern Brazil

P18 David Nicholls, Peter Ryanet al.: Satellite tracking Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans from Marion Island, 1997/98 and 2007

P19 Kim Rivera et al.: Birds of a feather: international teamwork advancing seabird conservation on the high seas

P20 Marc Salamolard et al.: One of the World’s rarest petrels: the Critically Endangered Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima of Reunion (in absentia)

P21 Jarrod Santora, Kim Dietrichet al.: Fishing activity and seabird-vessel attendance near the northern Antarctic Peninsula

P22 Juan Pablo Seco Pon et al.: Incidental mortality of Southern Royal Albatrosses Diomedea epomophora associated with “freshies” in the south-west Atlantic Ocean

P23 Cleo Small, Ben Sullivanet al.: Analysis of threats to albatrosses and petrels: the 2008 Red List

P24 Ben Sullivan et al.: Safe leads for safe heads

P25 Leandro Tamini & Fabián Rabuffetti: Albatross Task Force initiative launched in Argentina: demersal trawl fleet under evaluation

P26 Mareile Techow, Peter Ryanet al.:Philopatry and population structure in the Vulnerable White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis enables the assignment of bycatch fatalities to natal colonies

P27 Mareile Techow, Peter Ryanet al.:Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the giant petrels: confirming separate species status of Southern Macronectes giganteus and Northern Giant m. halli Petrels using mitochondrial and nuclear markers

P28 Zach Vincent et al.: A multi-state model of survival and breeding performance among adult Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans at Marion Island

P29 Ross Wanless et al.: Practical constraints for video recording inside seabird burrows

P30 Lindsay Young: Colonization patterns and population genetics of the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

Wednesday 13 August 2008

Session VII Seabirds at sea, Chair: Henri Weimerskirch

08h30-09h00 O31 Richard Phillips et al.: Stable isotopes reveal the migration strategies of non-breeding seabirds

09h00-09h20 O32 Scott Shaffer et al.: A tale of two hot spots: at-sea segregation in Hawaiian albatrosses

09h20-09h40 O33 Karen Fischer et al.: Post-breeding season marine habitat use of Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P. immutabilis Albatrosses: inter-specific variation and implications for overlap with fisheries

09h40-10h00 O34 Audrey Jaeger et al.: An isotopic investigation of seasonal variations in feeding ecology of large procellariiforms from the Southern Ocean

10h00-10h30 Morning break

Session VIII Addressing conservation issues, Chair: Kim Rivera

10h30-10h50 O35 Kimberly Dietrich et al.: Integrated-weight longlines with paired streamer lines – best practice to prevent seabird bycatch in demersal longline fisheries

10h50-11h10 O36 Graham Robertson: Understanding longline sink rates to reduce seabird mortality

11h10-11h30 O37 Ben Sullivan & Oliver Yates: Conservation in action: the Albatross Task Force

11h30-11h50 O38 Frances Taylor et al.: The Global Procellariiform Tracking Database: current status and conservation application

11h50-12h10 O39 Anton Wolfaardt: Albatross and petrel conservation in the South Atlantic: the responsibilities and contributions of the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories

12h10-13h40 Lunch

Session IX An albatross miscellany, Chair: Richard Phillips

13h40-14h00 O40 Kate Huyvaert et al.: Promiscuity in the Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata: overview of the breeding biology of a socially monogamous seabird  

14h00-14h20 O41 Mariette Wheeler et al.: The effects of history of disturbance and phase of breeding cycle on the response behaviour of Wandering Albatrosses Diomedea exulans at Marion Island

14h20-14h40 O42 Ann Edwards: Annual breeding, biennial breeding and foraging strategies among Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis

14h40-15h00 O43 Rachael Alderman: Sink or swim: the ‘Big Bird Race’ and the survival of fledgling Shy Albatrosses Thalassarche cauta

Round Table Discussion I

15h00-16h00 RT1 Wiesława Misiak et al.: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) Data Portal and Species Assessments

16h00-16h30 Afternoon Break

Round Table Discussion II

16h30-18h30 RT2 Emmanuel Milot: Application of molecular population assignment tests to research questions on albatrosses and petrels

Thursday 14 August

Session X Conservation problems, plans and actions, Chair: Catherine Meathrel

08h30-09h00 O44 Mike Brooke & Geoff Hilton: Prioritizing the world’s islands for vertebrate eradication: or how to maximize petrel benefit per dollar spent

09h00-09h20 O45 Ross Wanless et al.: The nature and impacts of predation by House Mice Mus musculus on chicks of the Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta and other burrowing petrels on Gough Island

09h20-09h40 O46 Marco Favero & Mark Tasker: ACAP Plan of Action for the Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata: coordinating international action to achieve a favourable conservation status

09h40-10h00 047 David Priddel, Nicholas Carlileet al.: A review of records and recovery actions for the Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi

10h00-10h30 Morning break

Session XI Distribution at sea, Chair: Carles Carboneras

10h30-10h50 O48 Kathy Kuletz et al.: Distribution and habitat use of three north Pacific albatrosses based on recent at-sea surveys in Alaska

1 0h50-11h10 O49 Clara Péron et al.: Long-term spatio-temporal changes in at-sea distribution of Procellariiformes along a latitudinal gradient in the southern Indian Ocean

11h10-11h30 O50 Scott Shaffer et al.: Spatio-temporal habitat use of breeding Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus

11h30-11h50 O51 Tim Reid et al.: Distribution and foraging habitats of the Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes off eastern Australia

11h50-12h10 O52 David Thompson et al.: Light-based geolocation archival tags reveal at-sea distribution of White-capped Albatrosses Thalassarche steadi breeding in New Zealand

12h10-13h40 Lunch

Session XII Breeding and feeding, Chair: Jacob González-Solís

13h40-14h00 O53 Christophe Barbraud et al.: Demographic response of a population of White-chinned Petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis to climate and longline fishery bycatch

14h00-14h20 O54 Jeroen Creuwels at al.: Foraging strategies of fulmarine petrels in Antarctica

14h20-14h40 O55 Catherine Meathrel et al.: Breeding experience and egg-size variation in the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

14h40-15h00 O56 Anja Nordt & Hans-Ulrich Peter: Nestling begging strategies in Wilson’s Storm Petrels Oceanites oceanicus: insights from a supplementary feeding experiment

15h00-15h20 O57 Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada & Roberto Schlatter: Habitat effect on the location and burrow density of Sooty Shearwaters Puffinus griseus on multiple scales using multinomial logistic regression

15h20-16h00 Afternoon break

Second Poster Session

16h00-18h00

Friday 15 August

Session XIII Demographic studies, Chair: Barry Baker

08h30-09h00 O58 John Cooper et al.: The Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena of Gough Island: starting a long-term demographic study in the face of mice

09h00-09h20 O59 Eric VanderWerf & Lindsay Young: Mark-recapture analysis of survival, encounter probability and recruitment of the Laysan Albatross on Oahu

09h20-09h40 O60 Peter Ryan et al.: Social mate fidelity in seabirds: the need for standardization

09h40-10h00 O61 Lindsay Young et al.: Chicks raising chicks: successful same-sex pairing in the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

10h00-10h30 Morning break

Session XIV A closing miscellany, Chair: Mike Brooke

10h30-10h50 O62 Orea Anderson et al.: Trophic influences on heavy metal patterns in South Georgian Procellariiformes

10h50-11h10 O63 Caio Cipro et al.: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in liver and fat samples of Procellariiformes collected on southern Brazil

11h10-11h30 O64 Jan van Franeker et al.: Foolish foraging by fulmars contributes to ecological quality

11h30-11h50 O65 Kate Huyvaert et al.: Population status of the Critically Endangered Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata

11h50-12h10 O66 Rosemary Gales et al.: Bycatch mitigation and feral pest eradication: conservation strategies to protect albatrosses and petrels at Macquarie Island

Conference closure

12h10-12h20 John Cooper

12h20-14h30 Lunch

Removal of posters