Call for abstracts is now open

The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2025.

Abstract submissions will be through this form – click here to get started. Abstracts should be written in English and should clearly state the research objective, methods employed and key findings.

Your abstract submission must include:

> Title

> Abstract (250 words max)

> Authors and affiliations

> Preferred means of presentation (oral in person, recorded oral online, or poster)

Presentation length will be 15-20mins depending on numbers

Suggested topics

  1. Status of Oceania’s seabirds
    Overview of the region’s seabirds
    Potential for finding lost and discovering new species.
  2. Threats to Oceania’s seabirds
    Emerging threats and knowledge gaps
    Conservation management strategies and mitigation
  3. The value of seabirds
    Ecological values
    Cultural values (including traditional knowledge)
    Economic values.
  4. The health of our Ocean, what seabirds can tell us.
    Tracking seabirds
    Diet studies: what the birds are eating and what their prey are eating
    Seabird use of marine space to inform marine conservation and identification of MPA.
  5. Keeping Oceania’s seabirds afloat
    Habitat loss, sea level rise
    Island restoration
    Invasive alien species.
  6. Seabird recovery in a changing world
  7. Addressing seabird bycatch in fisheries across the Pacific
    Seabird-fisheries overlap
    Quantifying bycatch risk
    Seabird bycatch mitigation: trials & implementation
  8. Tackling the invisibility of seabirds
    Seabird communication/public awareness
    How to get people interested and motivated about seabirds
    Working with communities around the value of seabirds
    Increasing capacity for monitoring and managing seabird populations at community and national levels.
  9. Country participants presentations (summary only required)

NB: Online presentations will be accepted, but in-person presentations preferred. These presentations must be pre-recorded; there will be the opportunity for the presenter to answer questions online following the presentation.

Financial support can be available for the attendance of Pacific Islands professionals to attend.

Please send any queries to info@oceaniaseabirdsymposium2025.com