The Global Seabird Programme of BirdLife International has released the latest edition (No. 7 of August 2011) of its newsletter, Sea Change. Earlier issues are also available on line.
Articles in the illustrated newsletter report on the Second Albatross Task Force (ATF) Instructor's workshop held in Uruguay; give an update on hook pod trials; information on the long-awaited European Plan of Action for reducing incidental bycatch of seabirds; news on Marine Important Bird Areas; reports on co-ordination of tracking data and activities of the Albatross Task Force in Ecuador; and more besides.
For a recent entry on the Albatross Task Force Blog quoting Pablo Neruda's poem Migración go to http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/getinvolved/b/albatross/archive/2011/08/01/our-seabirds-a-unique-source-of-inspiration.aspx.
John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 6 August 2011