Northwestern Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative
An independent, multi-disciplinary, international group working in cooperation to understand and address issues faced by birds in their marine environment.
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Fall 2012 Marine Bird Cooperative Update
- The Northwest Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative 2012 Annual Meeting
- Workshop on Marine Bird Science and Offshore Wind
- Mapping the Distribution, Abundance and Risk Assessment of Marine Birds in the Northwest Atlantic: Phase 1
- AMAPPS: Protected Marine Species Study: A Partnership in Action
- SEANET
- Metapopulation Dynamics and Ecology of Roseate Terns
- Canadian Wildlife Service Oil Pollution, Bycatch and Seabird Mortality Monitoring Efforts
- Biodiversity Research Institute Workshop on Wildlife Science and Marine Wind Energy
- Shearwater and Tropicbird Tracking and Caribbean Seabird Science Workshop
- An Emerging Disease Issue Affecting Common Eiders
- Determining Offshore Use of Diving Bird Species in Federal Waters of the Mid-Atlantic United States using Satellite Tracking
- Ships of Opportunity Surveys
- Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge Tracking Studies
- Addressing Seabird Bycatch in US Atlantic Fisheries
2010 Update
June 2008 Update
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Not nearly enough is known about Atlantic seabirds and their vulnerability to a number of ongoing and emerging threats while in their primary offshore habitats. Data on their pelagic distribution and abundance are critical for monitoring population trends, understanding their basic ecology and role in marine ecosystems, assessing actual or potential impacts from oil spills, fisheries by-catch, and offshore development (shipping, wind generation, gas and mineral exploration), identifying critical marine habitats, and educating the public about marine conservation issues. The Northwest Atlantic Birds at Sea Conservation Cooperative has formed and is committed to engaging resource agencies and partners in and outside its membership to develop new alliances to prioritize and implement research, management, policy and educational actions needed to sustain marine birds in their offshore environments.
Vision Statement:
By 2025 marine bird population status, distribution and habitat use patterns in the Northwest Atlantic are well understood and incorporated into marine resource policies and regulations such that bird populations are stable and sustainable into the future.
Structure of the Cooperative
The Northwestern Atlantic Birds at Sea Conservation Cooperative functions through ad-hoc working groups whose chairs form the Cooperative’s Steering Committee. Working groups are issue-specific and form and dissolve as goals are identified and accomplished, respectively. The entire Cooperative meets semi-annually to review marine bird priorities and to set the groundwork for implementing priority actions for the following 2 years.
Summary from the Northwestern Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative Meeting
February 28-29, 2012,Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The Northwest Atlantic Marine Bird Conservation Cooperative met in Sturbridge Massachusetts on February 28th and 29th, 2012. Presentations on work underway or accomplished over the past year were given by many participants.
Summaries of workshop results and presentations are posted here.
Meeting Summary Notes
Presentations
Holly Goyert, City University of New York, Staten Island: Offshore distribution and associations of Common (Sterna hirundo) and Roseate Terns (S. Dougallii) |
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Dick Veit, City University of New York, Staten Island: Changes in Seabird Abundance |
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| John Stanton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: South Atlantic Beached Birds Guide & Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) |
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Kris Winiarski, University of Rhode Island: Spatial and Temporal Distribution, Abundance and Flight Ecology of Birds in Nearshore and Offshore Waters of Rhode Island: Continuing Research for the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan |
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| Caleb Spiegel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Offshore Use of Diving Birds in Federal Mid-Atlantic U.S. Waters: A Satellite Tracking Study |
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Tim Jones, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: AMAPPS and FWS Sea Duck Survey |
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| Linda Welch/Andrew Allyn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Developing an Integrated Ecosystem Research Program for the Gulf of Maine |
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Kate Williams, Biodiversity Research Institute: Recent Projects on Marine Wind Energy and Birds |
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| Linda Welch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Using Satellite Telemetry and Geolocators to Track Seabird Migration |
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Melanie Steinkamp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Best Darn Bird Map or Mapping the Distribution, Abundance and Risk Assessment of Marine Birds in the Northwest Atlantic: Phase 1 |
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| Anne-Marie Runfola, NOAA/ Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Stellwagen Sanctuary Seabird Stewards - A Citizen Science Approach |
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Debi Palka, NOAA NE Fisheries Science Center: 2011 AMAPPS NEFSC Abundance Surveys |
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| Dave Wiley, NOAA/ Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary: Marine mammal research and past bird research - ecosystem-level management approach to the sanctuary. |
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Joshua Hatch, Kimberly Murray, Debra Palka, NOAA NE Fisheries Science Center: Fishery-seabird Interactions in the Northwest Atlantic, Northeast Fishery Observer Program (NEFOP) |
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| Jeff Spendelow, U.S. Geological Service: Identifying coastal and marine areas in southeastern MA needing protection for staging endangered Northwest Atlantic-breeding Roseate Terns |
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Longtailed Duck. Photo courtesy of Harry Sell
