Alaska Fisheries Science Center staff and contractors recently attended the First World Seabird Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, 7-11 September 2011. Oral and poster presentations were made on work being done at the AFSC on seabird bycatch, biology, and management.
NOAA's National Seabird Program was a major sponsor of the conference, and nine of the NMFS regional offices and science centers were represented. Participants also staffed a NMFS booth in the conference exhibit hall.
This conference was the most coordinated, cross-agency representation of the National Seabird Program at an international meeting since the program's inception in 2001.