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At the Fifth Meeting of ACAP's Scientific Committee held in Argentina in 2010 an information paper (AC5 Inf 5) submitted by the Secretariat gave a brief review of the conservation status of shearwaters of the genera Calonectris and Puffinus.  The paper suggested that nine species (out of a total of 22) might be considered for listing within the Agreement.

To aid in any further consideration of listing shearwaters within the Agreement, ACAP Latest News will from time to time list recent scientific publications on the following species:

Mediterranean and Macaronesian Regions

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii

Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

Southern Hemisphere

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus

Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes

Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus

Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus

Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris

Click on the above names for earlier publication lists in ACAP Latest News.

Publications:

Carey, M. 2011.  Incubation routine, duration of foraging trips and regulation of body mass in Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris).  Emu 111: 166-171.

Carey, M. 2011.  Investigator disturbance reduces reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris.  Ibis 153: 363-372.

Coyne, P. 2010.  Ecological rebound on Phillip Island, South Pacific.  Ecological Restoration and Management 11: 4-15. [Wedge-tailed P. pacificus and Flesh-footed P. carneipes Shearwaters]

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2011.  Tale of two years: monitoring Wedge-tailed Shearwaters at Freeman Seabird Preserve in Black Point, O'ahu.  ‘Elepaio 71: 17-20.

Norman, F.I., Dann, P., Montague, T.L., Unthank, S. & Thoday, R. 2010.  Long-term changes in the flora and avifauna of Rabbit Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria.  The Victorian Naturalist 127: 160-167. [Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris]

Toge, K., Yamashita, R., Kazama, K., Fukuwaka, M., Yamamura, O. & Watanuki, Y. 2011.  The relationship between pink salmon biomass and the body condition of Short-tailed Shearwaters in the Bering Sea: can fish compete with seabirds?  Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences.  doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2345.

Uhlmann, S.S. & Jeschke, J.M. 2011.  Comparing factors associated with total and dead Sooty Shearwater bycatch in New Zealand trawl fisheries.  Biological Conservation doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.025.

A separate list will be posted soon on the two species of Calonectris shearwaters.

Alerts (preferably with accompanying PDFs) of new publications on the above shearwater species can be sent to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.  for future listings in ACAP Latest News.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 5 June 2011