Auckland Seabird Seminar Day

The CBB hosted an "Auckland Seabirds: Conservation, Restoration and Research" Seminar Day on 16 April 2010.

There is increasing interest in the research and restoration of the diverse sea bird fauna in the Auckland region.

The Seminar Day was at Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland. The abstracts for the day can be viewed here. See also the attached flyer or Final Programme.

Presentations

Some of the presentations (in a pdf format) from the day can be seen here. See list below and select:

• Pioneer planting to petrels: The first five years of seabird restoration in a community-lead project on Motuora, Hauraki Gulf. Robin Gardner-Gee
• Restoring seabird nesting colonies: the role of indigenous landowners and local communities. Mark Bellingham
• At-sea distribution and population dynamics of black petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni, on Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf. Elizabeth Bell et al.
• Seabird habitat surveying an dacoustic monitoring on Burgess Island, outer Hauraki Gulf. Chris Gaskin and Shelley Heiss-Dunlop
• Summary of above presentation. Chris Gaskin and Shelley Heiss-Dunlop
• Relocating? Choose a chick transloacation plan that suits your needs! Helen Gummer
• From scratch: The feasibility of restoring seabird-based ecosystems on highly modified islands. Colin Miskelly
• Cross-cultural partnership for seabird conservation and restoration. Henrik Moller
• Monitoring, population status and inter-seasonal disbtribution of Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii) breeding on Little Barrier Island, Hauturu. Matt Rayner
• The state of Auckland's seabirds. Graeme Taylor
• Putting Humpty together again: international collaboration and the restoration of seabird-driven ecosystems. David Towns et al.
• Introductory comments to the final session – a panel discussion
  ‘Do we need a seabird strategy in Auckland?’. Mike Lee