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Harrison 15 Conservation Report 19 Meeting News PSG’s 2006 meeting 25 PSG's 2007 meeting 27 Proposed Taiwan special meeting 27 Report of the PSG Chair on 2005. Robert H. Day 28 Committee Reports 30 Guidelines for proposing a symposium or Special Paper Session 34 Treasurer's Report 37 Forum 39 PSG News 40 General Information Information on the Pacific Seabird Group Inside Front Cover Published Proceedings of PSG Symposia 42 Pacific Seabird Group Committees 43 PSG Life Members and Recipients of Awards 44 Membership Application and Order Form 45 PSG Executive Council for 2006 Inside Back Cover REPORT Reports provide up-to-date information on current research and issues. They are not peer-reviewed and should not be cited without the author’s permission. WILD BIRDS AND H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA: A REVIEW Vivian Mendenhall Recent outbreaks of H5N 1 influenza in poultry and humans have raised worldwide concern about the disease’s effect on humans and agriculture. Biologists are striving to understand the effects of the disease on wild birds; governments and the public are apprehensive that wild birds may spread the disease to poultry or even humans. This article reviews information on avian influenza (AI) in wild birds in general, particularly seabirds. It includes current information on the H5N1 outbreak, with data on H5N1 among wild birds in Europe. This information is recent and has largely been overlooked by the North American media. There are now many sources of information on AI. International agencies report outbreaks of H5N1 in poultry, humans, and wildlife regularly on the Web (e.g., OIE 2006a, NWHC 2006a). The literature on AI in wild birds includes two new reviews (Clark and Hall 2006, Olsen et al. 2006) and an earlier one by Stallknecht and Shane (1988), in addition to research on special topics. Abstracts from a conference in May 2006 on the role of wild birds in the H5N1 epizootic are available on the Web (EAO 2006). BACKGROUND: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WILD BIRDS AI is widespread in wild birds. The virus typically causes no observable signs of disease in natural populations. Before 2005, only one dieoff in wild birds was attributed to AI, the death of 1300 Common Terns {Sterna hirundo) in South Africa in 1961 (Becker 1966). Internal organs appear normal on necropsy (Hansen 1999). Mild AI occurs in domestic poultry; since 1959 there also have been periodic severe outbreaks in commercial flocks on all continents (Clark and Hall 2006, Olsen et al. 2006). Signs of mild influenza in domestic poultry vary with species and strain of virus, but they may include lethargy, coughing, diarrhea, or tremors; feeding and egg production may be affected for a time. Birds with severe AI may die within a day of appearing ill, with gross inflammation of the respiratory tract, nervous system, and other organs, paralysis, head tilt, and tremors (Ellis et al. 2004, Zhou et al. 2006). AI is identified in a bird by analyzing a sample from its cloaca for virus. Past exposure can be assessed (in living birds) by immunological screening of blood samples (Stallknecht and Shane 1988, Ellis et al. 2004). The virus is identified in the laboratory using gene sequencing and/or in vitro antigen reactions. Genetic studies also can suggest the source and relationships of a virus. The term “influenza” refers to the disease caused by several members of a group of closely related viruses, which are divided into 3 major types. Influenza type A virus is the one that has caused human pandemics; its natural host is wild birds, but it can evolve to infect mammals. Influenza B and C are less common and infect only humans (CDC 2005). Subtypes of influenza A are named for the two principal proteins in the virus’s external coat, hemagglutinin (H) and neuramidase (N) (thus H5N1, H3N2, etc.). Hemagglutinin exists in 16 subtypes and neuramidase in 9 subtypes, all of which have been found in wild birds in various combinations (CDC 2005). Influenza viruses are constantly evolving, so that a single subtype often includes multiple strains, which can vary in either ease of transmission or severity of the disease. Highly pathogenic AI strains (those that cause severe disease in poultry) appear to originate in domestic poultry flocks (NWHCb). Each strain affects avian species differently; even H5Nlincludes strains that cause only mild illness in some or all species (NWHC 2006b). AI has been detected in many orders and species of wild birds. Stallknecht and Shane (1988) listed 12 orders and 88 species in which AI occurs, and a few species have been added since. The virus is most common in aquatic birds. This is partly because the virus is passed in their feces, and it can live for days or weeks in fresh water until it is ingested by other birds (Stallknecht et al. 1990, Ito et al. 1995). The predominant groups that harbor AI are dabbling ducks, gulls, and shorebirds, but it also has turned up in some seabirds, loons, grebes, ibises, herons, and coots, and even in terrestrial groups such as raptors, owls, and Passeriformes (Stallknecht and Shane 1988). Some AI subtypes are found only in certain groups of birds, suggesting that several isolated “pools” of virus exist in natural populations (Hinshaw et al. 1982). Table 1 lists seabirds for which AI has been reported. The proportion of Al-infected individuals in a wild population varies with species, age, and time of year. Eewer than 2% of individuals in most species carry the virus. However, the mean prevalence of AI in dabbling ducks is 10.1%, with a high of 60% in some North American species in early autumn (Olsen et al. 2006). The full range of species that carry AI is probably greater Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 2 REPORT - Avian influenza than recorded because of insufficient sampling (Stallknecht and Shane 1988); the same is true for prevalence of the disease in many species that do carry it (Olsen et al. 2006). H5N1 IN WILD BIRDS In 1997, a new type of influenza A, H5N1, caused a severe outbreak among poultry and a human death in Hong Kong, and these outbreaks have been repeated every year since 2001. Starting in late 2003, the disease spread rapidly to domestic flocks elsewhere in Southeast Asia. More than 150 million chickens and ducks died of the disease or were killed during disease control programs, which is the largest impact of any AI outbreak on domestic fowl (NWHC 2006b). Additional people died of H5N1 beginning in 2003, apparently having been exposed to the virus directly from poultry. As of June 2006, the H5N 1 virus has not evolved the ability to pass efficiently between humans. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) requires that all nations report highly pathogenic AI in either domestic or wild animals. The spread of H5N1 across Eurasia from 1997 until the present can be followed through reports on the Internet from OIE and other agencies. As of April 2006, H5N1 had caused mortality in more than 80 species of wild birds (NWHC 2006b). Mortality of wild birds from H5N1 was first noticed in Hong Kong in 2002. The virus was isolated from a Tree Sparrow {Passer montanus) and a feral Rock Dove (Columba livia) that were found dead in parks where captive species were dying. It also was confirmed in two Grey Herons {Ardea cinerea), a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), a Black- headed Gull {Lams ridibundus), and a Peregrine Ealcon {Falco peregrinus) found sick or dead elsewhere in Hong Kong. Surveillance of other wild flocks was negative and no high mortality was noticed among wild birds (Ellis et al. 2004). Intensive surveillance began in Hong Kong in October 2005; since then H5N1 has been reported in about a dozen wild birds found dead, mostly passerines (OIE 2006b). However, H5NI began to spread explosively among wild birds in 2005 (Table 2). In May of that year an outbreak of the disease killed more than 6000 birds at Lake Qinghai, a staging area in western China (Zhou et al. 2006). Species included the Bar- headed Goose {Anser indicus). Great Black-headed Gull (Ear us ichthyaetus). Ruddy Shelduck {Tadorna ferruginea). Tufted Duck {Ay thy a fuligula). Great Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo), and Brown-headed Gull (L. brunnicephalus) (Liu et al. 2005, Zhou et al. 2006). A considerable fraction of the world’s Bar-headed Goose population may have died in this outbreak (Olsen et al. 2006). During the same year the disease moved west and north: Russia reported two dieoffs of swans {Cygnus sp.) in Kalmykia and Astrakhan, totaling 744 birds (OIE 2005a), and 89 birds died in August in Mongolia (specimens included Bar-headed Geese and Whooper Swans C. cy gnus’, OIE 2005b, c). H5NI was confirmed in specimens from all these events. A second large dieoff occurred in western China and Tibet in April and May 2006, including 939 Bar-headed Geese, 94 ducks, and over a dozen other species (OIE 2006c, Table 2). By early 2006, H5N1 in wild birds had spread to southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe: Azerbaijan in January; Iran, Georgia, and the Russian Black Sea coast in Eebruary ; Kazakhstan in March (Table 2-3). The disease did not stop there. Balkan countries from Greece to Croatia reported dead birds in January and Eebruary, and by March most countries of Europe were reporting dead wild birds in which H5N1 was confirmed (Table 3-4). The outbreak ended by April, except for 7 scattered cases in May. More than 450 birds from at least 8 orders and 25 species were reported dead in Europe. Whooper Swans and Mute Swans {Cygnus olor) comprised 34% of dead individuals. (Mute Swans are native wild birds in Europe; captive individuals are omitted from this paper.) The range of wild bird groups infected with H5N1 appears similar to that for other types of AI; the exception was that no shorebirds were reported, although several species winter in Europe (Mullarney et al. 2000). The only case of a European seabird that tested positive for H5N1 was 30 Black-headed Gulls in Croatia that were caught alive for sampling (OIE 2006d). Most mortality in Europe was sporadic; only in Italy and Erance did more than 10 individuals (all swans) die within any 1-week period (OIE 2006e, f, g). H5N1 may have been carried to wild populations of Europe by birds that dispersed during a severe cold spell that began in January 2006 (U.S. Department of Agriculture 2006). Swans normally winter in central and Eastern Europe (Mullarney et al. 2000), but aquatic birds were forced to move south and west in search of open water (Hon Ip, USGS National Wildlife Health Center, pers. comm.). Greece and Bosnia- Herzegovina both reported that flocks of swans had arrived 1 to 3 weeks before they became ill (OIE 2006g). On the other hand, it now appears that the disease was not carried into Europe during the spring migration. European outbreaks peaked and many ended before migrants arrived from the south (March to April in southern Europe, April to May in the north). Eurthermore, no cases have been reported among wild birds in Africa, where many European species winter, nor in nations such as Turkey or Spain, which are on migration corridors between Africa and Europe (OIE 2006a). ARE WILD BIRDS SPREADING INELUENZA AND INEECTING DOMESTIC ELOCKS? Wild birds are generally acknowledged as the reservoir for AI; many strains of the virus circulate permanently in avian populations, and these have the potential to infect domestic birds (Clark and Hall 2006). Transmission to poultry is favored by contact with wild aquatic birds, which happens especially in Southeast Asia. Once poultry become infected with Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 3 REPORT - Avian influenza AI, the virus can evolve into a higher- pathogenicity strain, especially the H5 and H7 subtypes, and (under some circumstances) have the ability to infect humans. The role of wild birds in spreading highly pathogenic AI has been debated for decades, and it is currently a major concern. Agreement is still evolving on the importance of wild birds and other factors in the spread of H5N 1 . It is now clear that the disease has traveled to new areas via wild birds (Domenech et al. 2006), but that severe outbreaks also have been introduced or spread by other agents (Brown et al 2006). It has been suggested that wild birds are unlikely to transmit a highly pathogenic disease very far, because they would be too ill to continue migration. However, even a severe disease varies in its effects among species and individuals; some experimentally infected ducks suffered no symptoms, although the virus propagated in them and spread to other birds (Sturm- Ramirez et al. 2005). AI in wild birds has been studied near outbreaks of AI in domestic poultry; in some places the virus may have been transmitted between wild and domestic birds and/or vice versa, whereas in other cases there was no apparent interchange (Clark and Hall 2006). There is evidence that the single poultry outbreak in France originated among waterfowl in a nearby wetland, because birds dying in the marsh had the same strain of H5N 1 as the poultry (OIE 20061). On the other hand, H5N 1 apparently has spread to some parts of the world without the involvement of wild birds. Farms in several African nations have suffered outbreaks, but surveillance of wild aquatic birds in Africa detected no H5N 1 (although the birds carried other, endemic strains; Gaidet et al. 2006). Several alternative means of spreading the disease are suspected — despite official controls, live poultry and poultry products are still smuggled into many countries and can transmit the disease (Normile 2005, Brown et al 2006). WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? Monitoring of domestic flocks and wild birds for H5N1 is a high priority. The United States, as well as other nations, is carrying out intensive surveillance programs for H5N 1 in both wild and domestic birds (NWHC 2006c). Monitoring of wild birds has been carried out in the U.S. since the late 1990s and is now being intensified (Normile 2005, Alaska Interagency HPAI Bird Surveillance Working Group 2006). This monitoring is focused on Alaska, because American and Asian flyways are interlinked there: several Alaskan- breeding species migrate to Southeast Asia, some that breed in northeast Asia migrate through or winter in Alaska, and most Alaskan breeders winter elsewhere in North America. The goal for 2006 is to monitor waterfowl, gulls, shorebirds, and passerines from coastal locations, the Interior, and some islands. Samples are being taken from both live- caught and hunted birds. Seabirds to be monitored include Glaucous Gull {Lams hyperboreus). Glaucous-winged Gull (L. glaucescens), and Aleutian Tern {Sterna aleutica) (Alaska Interagency HPAI Bird Surveillance Working Group 2006). If AI is detected in either wild or domestic birds, the priority is to dispose of infected domestic flocks and to impose rigorous protection for other poultry. Precautions required by the European Union include (1) a 3 -km zone around any outbreak, where poultry may be culled and cannot be shipped without strict controls, and (2) a 10-km zone where poultry must be kept indoors, strict hygiene is required to protect both poultry and workers, and hunting is banned (Europa 2006). Rigourous precautions can be effective — despite extensive disease among wild birds in the European Union, there have been only five outbreaks of H5N 1 in domestic flocks there as of 9 June 2006 (one each in Erance, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, and Hungary; Europa 2006). Much more needs to be learned about the epidemiology of AI in wild birds, particularly of H5N1. 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Chaisingh, H.T Long, TS.P Naipospos, H.Chen, T.M. Ellis, Y, Guan, J.S.M. Peiris, and R.G. Webster. 2005. Are ducks contributing to the endemicity of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus in Asia? Journal of Virology 79:11269-11279. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2006. Europe winter weather highlights. US Department of Agriculture, Eoreign Agricultural Service, Commodity Intelligence Report, March 31, 2006. http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/ highlights/2006/03/europe_30mar2006/ (Seen 10 June 06) Zhou, J., H. Shen, H. Chen, G. Tong, M. Liao, H. Yang, and J. Liu. 2006. Characterization of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus derived form bar-headed geese in China. Published online ahead of print; available at www. socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/jgvdirect/ 8 1800/8 1800ft.pdf Vivian Mendenhall 4600 Rabbit Creek Road Anchorage, AK 99516-4177, USA fasgadair(o) attalascom.net Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 5 REPORT - Avian influenza Table 1. Seabird species in which an avian influenza virus has been isolated Family/Species Location Reference Procellariidae Wedge-tailed Shearwater {Puffiinus pacificus) Australia Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Phalacrocoracidae Great Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo) Romania Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Laridae Black-tailed Gull {Lams crassirostris) Japan, China Stallknecht & Shane 1988, Ellis et al. 2004 Ring -billed Gull {Lams delawarensis) USA Hinshaw et al. 1982 Herring Gull {Lams argentatus) USA, USSR Hinshaw et al. 1982, Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Great Black-backed Gull {Lams marinus) USA Hinshaw et al. 1982 Great Black-headed Gull {Lams ichthyaetus) China Liu et al. 2005 Laughing Gull {Lams atricilla) USA Kawaoka et al. 1988 Franklin’s Gull {Lams pipixcan) USA Hinshaw et al. 1982 Brown-headed Gull {Lams bmnnicephalus) China Liu et al. 2005 Black-headed Gull {Lams ridibundus) Hong Kong, Germany Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Kittiwake {Rissa spp.) Pribilof Isis., USA Hansen 1999; Hansen, pers. comm.' Sternidae Lesser Noddy {Anous stolidusY Australia Stallknecht & Shane 1988 White-winged Black Tern {Chlidopnias leucoptera) USSR Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Common Tern {Sterna himndo) South Africa Becker 1966 Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) USSR Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Sooty Tern {Sterna fuscata) Australia Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Sandwich Tern {Sterna sandvicensis) Germany Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Alcidae Common Murre {Uria aalge) USSR Stallknecht & Shane 1988 Murre {Uria spp.) Pribilof Isis., USA Hansen 1999; Hansen, pers. comm.' Puffin {Fratercula spp.) Pribilof Isis., USA Hansen 1999; Hansen, pers. comm.' 'Wallace Hansen, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center. Specimens were collected in the 1970s; results are unpublished. ^English and Latin names as in Stallknecht and Shane 1988. A. stolidus now refers to Brown Noddy, A. tenuimstris to Lesser Noddy. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 6 Table 2. Reports of wild birds dying in Asia, 2005-2006, with high-pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza confirmed, by date and country. Source: compiled from OIE 2006a, except as noted. REPORT - Avian influenza o OJ CL c/5 ^ 8 ^ CL > (D ^ O o (D CL cd 'o a o OJ CL o 'C5 o .3^ H ^ t o O O C3 ^ Q o o o o m A o o o A cd bD a a cb" o o o o o in ^ m o^ in A ^ ^ o in o o (N o^ oo o bD a O in o bD < (N I bo |) s. OJ bO W OJ ’B & s § s § o I ■s ^ s. ^ I is g m ^ cb Ph § I bO < bO a O bO a O K o (D PL m (N cb cb d cb O 0> o a c/2 LP L^ cb N cb bO 'S O cb o o Lb (D PL PL o :b (D PC bO OJ PL ^ Q ^ OJ an O o OJ (D LP PL *b) m Q o^ ^ m o o^ o^ OJ Pb H cb" g B u o O o o Pb D CL CL PL < < m o m m (N (N a cb OJ CL O o PC o bO a o o Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 7 ‘Taxa are given as listed in source; not all were identified to species. ^Zhou et al. 2006; species numbers estimated from percentages given in paper. ^NWHCd. Table 3. 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Additionally, the Editor of Marine Ornithology should be consulted in ad- vance to determine whether, in concept, the topic of the Symposium and the draft paper titles are appropriate subject matter for that journal or whether they should be published elsewhere. Our view is that these are marquee paper sessions that will be highlighted during a given year’s meeting and that they will be a substantial coherent set of papers that will be published under PSG aegis, preferably, although not exclusively, in Marine Ornithology. We suggest that the number of Symposia at a given meeting be lim- ited (perhaps no more than two), which should increase PSG’s financial ability to support the publication of these ses- sions. In the past, published Symposia have appeared in Marine Ornithology, Studies in Avian Biology, Northwestern Naturalist, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publications, and stand- alone products (e.g., book format). A Special Paper Session (SPS) is a coherent set of papers that (a) is not necessarily designed to be published (whether in a PSG-sponsored publica- tion or something else) as a coherent set of papers; (b) has little (<50% of costs) or no money raised for publication, even if there is an attempt to publish some- thing; and (c) has not been cleared with the Chairs of the Scientific Program and the Publications Committee that it is going to be called a Symposium and is going to be supported financially (or otherwise) by PSG. The SPS should still be cleared for inclusion in the meeting, however, by the Chair of the Scientific Program. Our view is that these are im- portant groups of papers that either are not going to be published together or for which little or no money has been raised for publishing them together. Guidelines to be used for Reviewing Symposia and SPS All proposals will be peer-reviewed and ranked by a committee consisting of the Program Chair, the Editor of Marine Ornithology, and the Chair of the Publication Committee. Peer-reviewers may be solicited by this committee, if necessary. Symposium proposals must be submitted by 15 May each year to the Program Chair. Polio wing submis- sion, the Program Chair will maintain correspondence will those who submit- ted proposals until a final decision is reached. Criteria for evaluating proposals will in- clude the following: • The Symposium or SPS is based on sound science and contributes to important ecological understanding or has good potential to advance the field of seabird ecology/biol- ogy/conservation/management in a significant way. • The Symposium or SPS is timely; it identifies and focuses on issues that are highly pertinent to current con- servation, management, or biologi- cal issues related to seabird ecol- ogy/biology/conservation/manage- ment. • The Symposium or SPS should showcase innovative or original work, or should provide a signifi- cant synthesis within a topic or dis- cipline. • The Symposium or SPS represents a collaboration, particularly with respect to bringing together scien- tists from diverse academic back- grounds or from a diversity of set- tings (e.g., academic, public agen- cies, NGOs). • A Symposium should be well orga- nized and balanced with synthetic overviews or broad topical cover- age and should not just include a set of similar case studies. In contrast, a SPS may include a series of per- tinent case studies as long as there is at least one synthetic or overview presentation. • The Symposium or SPS is consis- tent with the meeting theme and/or will assist attendees in obtaining a deeper appreciation of the meeting theme and/or will increase atten- Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 34 SYMPOSIUM PROPOSAL GUIDELINES dance by broadening the potential base of attendees. • For Symposia, a majority of the conhrmed and prospective par- ticipants have established repu- tations in their respective helds. A Symposium may include, but should not be primarily composed of, student papers. In contrast, a SPS may include predominantly student papers and can be viewed as a means to increase student par- ticipation and highlight student re- search. • For Symposia, the presenters are experienced or particularly engag- ing speakers. • A Symposium must include bal- anced and broad perspectives on the topic if applicable, and must not be overtly biased by the perspec- tives of the organizer(s) and invited speakers. • In the interest of broadening par- ticipation, an individual is allowed to be an organizer (either a princi- pal organizer or a co-organizer) for only one Symposium or SPS per year. After Symposia and SPSs are ac- cepted and the scheduling for the meet- ing is underway, it becomes increas- ingly difficult to accommodate cancel- lations and schedule changes. Hence, as a courtesy to the meeting organizers and in fairness to other submitted proposals. Symposium organizers are urged to ob- tain hrm commitments from as many of their invited speakers as possible before submitting their proposal, rather than listing only “possible” speakers or only tentative commitments. If a proposal is accepted, the orga- nizers will be required to submit a hnal summary description of the Symposium in the correct format by a date decided upon by the Program Chair. This sum- mary will appear in the preliminary pro- gram and should be written so as to stim- ulate interest and promote attendance. This description should be submitted on the electronic form. The correct format also requires a complete and up-to-date listing of organizers names and their in- stitutions, addresses, telephone, fax and email addresses correctly referenced. The title of the Symposium should be followed by the descriptive text. This posting should also include a list of conhrmed speakers and each speaker’s name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address as well as a list of times for each presentation. Format for Submitting a Proposal for a Symposium or SPS The following guidelines are in- tended for use when preparing pro- posals for Symposia and SPS. These guidelines are based on those used to decide on funding of publication of Symposia. The following sections must be addressed; additional information or narratives may be provided, if relevant. Requests should not exceed 4 pages single-spaced. NOTE: A separate pro- posal is required for requesting funds for publication. Much of the required information is identical, but additional information regarding funding is re- quired. Please see the PSG web site for Guidelines on Requesting Funds for Publishing Symposia or Special Papers Sessions. All proposals are due by 15 May. Title : List the title of the session. Type of session : Symposium, Special Paper Session, plenary, other. Date : Is this session scheduled to occur at the current year’s meeting or a future meeting? Session coordinator and affiliation : pro- vide all relevant contact informa- tion. Is the coordinator a member of PSG? Has this person convened a similar session in the past? If so, please provide details (where, when, topic). Was this session pub- lished? Is the coordinator or anoth- er participant willing to serve in an Associate Editor role if requested to do so by the editor of the journal? List of participants : Please list all par- ticipants (authors and co-authors), note if they have been invited or selected from submitted abstracts, and note if invitees have commit- ted, are tentative, or are suggested. Include session coordinator if also presenting. Are the participants members of PSG? Title of papers : List all known titles. If titles are not available for some participants, list subject matter of presentation. Significance of the session and papers within it : How might this session best be described? Lor example, is it a methodology session (e.g., monitoring seabirds with radar), does it focus on a specific type of event (e.g., oil spills and seabirds), is it taxon- specific, or is it a re- visit of a prior Symposium topic? How would this publication benefit the management or conservation of Pacific seabirds? This section should be prepared as a narrative and is similar to the ‘justification’ section required in most scientific proposals. Publication Plan : Is the session targeted- for publication? If so, what journal is being targeted? Have you already contacted the journal or received an agreement to publish from the jour- nal? Why was this journal chosen? Are all participants aware that this is the targeted journal? Has the jour- nal set a page limit and, if so, what is it? Is there an anticipated publi- cation date? Will the Symposia be published as part of a regular issue or as a separate issue? How will PSG’s contribution be recognized in the journal (e.g., an introductory overview where PSGs contribution can be explicitly acknowledged)? Outside (i.e.. not from PSG) funding sources for publication : If targeted for publication, have you sought Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 35 SYMPOSIUM PROPOSAL GUIDELINES matching funds? If so, how much is guaranteed? From whom have funds been sought? Have you sought complete funding from an outside source? Funds requested from PSG for Publication : If intended for pub- lication, will you seek funds from PSG? If so, how much? Please provide any additional informa- tion that may assist in the funding deci- sion. GUIDELINES EOR REQUESTING EUNDS EROM THE PACIEIC SEABIRD GROUP EOR PUBLICATION OE SYMPOSIA OR SPECIAL PAPER SESSIONS The following guidelines are in- tended for use when preparing requests for funds to PSG for the publication of Symposia and Special Paper Sessions. Currently, all requests will be considered during the Executive Council session at the annual meeting and voted upon at that time. To facilitate this process, all requests for funds must be submitted to the Chair of the Publication Committee no later than 60 days prior to the date of the upcoming Executive Council meet- ing. Requests for funds should be pre- pared in proposal format. The following sections must be addressed; additional information or narratives may be pro- vided if relevant. Requests should not exceed 4 pages single-spaced. Title : List the title of the session. Type of session : Symposium, Special Paper Session, plenary, other. Date : Is this session scheduled to occur at the current year’s meeting, or did it occur at a past meeting? Session coordinator and affiliation : pro- vide all relevant contact informa- tion. Is the coordinator a member of PSG? Has this person convened a similar session in the past? If so, please provide details (where, when, topic). Was this session pub- lished? Is the coordinator or anoth- er participant willing to serve in an Associate Editor role if requested to do so by the editor of the journal? List of participants : Please list all par- ticipants (authors and co-authors), note if they have been invited or selected from submitted abstracts, and note if invitees have commit- ted, are tentative, or are suggested. Include session coordinator if also presenting. Are the participants members of PSG? Title of papers : List all known titles. If titles are not available for some participants, list subject matter of presentation. Significance of the session and papers within it : How might this session best be described? Eor example, is it a methodology session (e.g., monitoring seabirds with radar), does it focus on a specific type of event (e.g., oil spills and seabirds), is it taxon- specific, or is it a re- visit of a prior Symposium topic? How would this publication benefit the management or conservation of Pacific seabirds? This section should be prepared as a narrative and is similar to the ‘justification’ section required in most scientific proposals. Target journal : What journal is being tar- geted? Have you already contacted the journal or received an agree- ment to publish from the journal? Why was this journal chosen? Are all participants aware that this is the targeted journal? Has the journal set a page limit and, if so, what is it? Is there an anticipated publica- tion date? Will the Symposium be published as part of a regular issue or as a separate issue? How will PSG’s contribution be recognized in the journal (e.g. an introductory overview where PSG’s contribution can be explicitly acknowledged)? Outside ti.e.. not from PSG) funding sources : Have you sought matching funds? If so, how much is guaran- teed? Prom whom have funds been sought? Have you sought complete funding from an outside source? Punds requested from PSG : Please break out by any categories (e.g., page charges, cost for printing of additional copies). Will these funds allow us to secure electronic copies at the same time for distribution on our web page? Please provide any additional in- formation that may assist in the funding decision. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 36 TREASURER’S REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 PSG’s Fiscal Year 2005 ran from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005. Membership As of November 30, 2005 PSG has: Life Members 70 Regular and Family 349 Student 63 Family 18 Corresponding 3 Total 429 This number has increased by 33 since last year, in part due to new members who joined at the Portland Meeting. Financial Accounts PSG maintains a number of bank accounts. The operating funds are kept in a regular checking account. Regular Checking September 30, 2004 $29,277.96 September 30, 2005 $18,311.65 A Morgan Stanley money market account is kept as an interest -gathering account. Morgan Stanley September 30, 2004 $21,524.15 September 30, 2005 $21,937.65 Our Endowment funds (Life Memberships and other specially designated monies) are kept in a mutual fund managed by Neuberger and Berman. Endowment Eunds September 30, 2004 $102,923.74 September 30, 2005 $128,294.99 Other Accounts: Pacific Seabirds . Vivian Mendenhall maintains an account to facilitate the printing and mailing of Pacific Seabirds Balance as of September 30, 2004: $2,498.76 September 30, 2005: $1,477.22 Canadian Memberships Ken Morgan maintains an account in Canada so that Canadian members can pay dues in Canadian dollars. Balance as of September 30, 2004: $734.84 September 30, 2005: $62.53 United Kingdom Memberships Mark Tasker maintains an account in the UK so that UK members can pay their dues in Pounds Sterling. Balance as of September 30, 2004 $770.32 September 30, 2005 $899.23 Total Assets Total Assets as of September 30, 2004 $157,729.77 Total Assets as of September 30, 2005 $170,983.27 Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 37 TREASURER’S REPORT Pronosed Actual Pronosed Notes Ordinary Income/Expense Income Membership Dues $9,500 $7,127 $9,000 (1) Books/Publications $250 $87 $1,000 (2) Donations (restricted) $525 (3) Donations ^ Total Income $250 $8,075 $10,000 Expense 2006 Meeting $500 (4) 2007 Meeting $4,800 (5) Bank Service Charges $25 $5 $25 Pacific Seabirds $4,500 $4,500 Marine Ornithology $6,000 $4,300 $6,000 (6) Dues and Subscriptions $1,000 $1,498 $500 (7) Insurance $1,700 $1,849 $1,850 Elections $500 $250 Office Supplies $50 $25 $50 Postage and Delivery $300 $219 $300 Printing and Reproduction $100 $3,300 $100 (8) Professional Pees $850 $400 $850 (9) Telephone $319 $600 (10) State Taxes $20 $20 Chair’s discretionary funds $1,000 $1,000 Website Hosting $ 2 U mi $110 Total Expense $16.260 $17.322 $16.155 Net Ordinary Income ($16,010) ($9,247) ($6,155) Other Income/Expense Other Income Annual Meeting ?? $7,220 $5,000 (11) Dividends $300 $414 $400 (12) Endowment Pund Holding (EM) *$2,500* ($1,635) (13) Endowment Pund *$6,387.22* Publications Committee (14) Total Other Income Available $5,000 $5,998 $5,400 come tsii.nioi tS3.248i rS755i Notes: 1 . Membership dues and membership went up this year and we have been aggressive about retaining members. Online registration and credit card use is now in place. 2. We should have some income from selling the White Pelican Symposium copies that we have. This would represent 50 copies sold at $15 apiece. 3. Restricted Donations are those designated for a specihc cause, e.g. student travel awards. 4. Deposit on Girdwood Hotel 5. Deposit on Asilomar 6. Marine Ornithology has been coming in under the budgeted amount. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 38 TREASURER’S REPORT Notes to Treasurer’s Report, cont. 7. We paid two years of our Ornithological Council ($500) dues in 2004-05. 8. We paid for the White Pelican Symposium from regular operating expenses. 9. This includes about $500 for bookkeeping and other support work (mailing copies of PS, books that are ordered) that I get from our bookkeeper. 10. This is for the mid-season and other conference calls. 11. An important part of our annual income now comes from the meeting. 12. Dividends are from the Morgan Stanley account and are considered part of the general operating income, interest and any increases in the Neuberger Berman Account stay in the Endowment Fund. 13. A bookkeeping account that I keep so that we are not transferring small amounts in and out of our Endowment Fund. At the end of the hscal year, the endowment fund owed the general fund $1,635. This came about because there were $565 of income from Life Memberships and other donations to the Endowment fund and we spent $2,200 to publish the Beached Bird Symposium. There is a further obligation to pay $900 for scanning publications for the web that was also committed at our Portland Exco Meeting. 14. Publication Committee expenditures usually come out of the Endowment Fund Publication Grants. The Trustees for the Endowment Fund have authorized FORUM The Forum section gives PSG members a place to express their opinions on topics that concern the group. Viewpoints expressed here belong to the individual writers and do not represent PSG policy. This topic is also the subject of an item in the Conservation Report in this issue of Pacific Seabirds. The Endangered Species Recovery Council has submitted formal petitions to remove the California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) from the list of species covered by the federal Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act. In late May, EWS announced that the pe- tition “presents substantial scientific or commercial information” and that delisting “may be warranted.” EWS is required to make a final determina- tion by December 2006, and has so- licited information on this subspecies and other Brown Pelican subspecies to assist its decision. This action was taken to preserve the integrity of the Endangered Species Act, which should focus on species that are actually in dan- ger of extinction. The restored popula- tion and the viability of this subspecies represents a success of the management efforts of state and federal wildlife man- agers and should be recognized as such. California Brown Pelicans have a popu- lation of around 200,000 birds, produce young in synchrony with environmen- tal variables that track other species in the California Current, and have main- tained an upward population trajectory for years. The Birds of North America Monograph on this species concluded in 2002 that the total population exceeds historical levels. There have been efforts to delist this species since 1980, and del- isting has been advocated by prominent biologists such as Lloyd Kiff, Joseph Jehl, Jr., the late Ralph W. Schreiber, David G. Ainley and Dr. George L. Hunt, Jr. for decades. There are many seabirds that have severe conservation problems, and it undermines the efforts of conservationists with regard to truly endangered species to retain recovered species on endangered species lists. — Craig S. Harrison Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 39 PSG NEWS ELECTIONS FOR 2006 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL As usual, we had low returns on the ballots — 83 people voted. One region, Alaska, had more than one candidate on the ballot, and had the largest voter turnout (23, or 40%). Washington was next with 21 people voting (25%). For other regions the voter turnout was even lower. This is to be expected with only one candidate per region. To get a greater return on votes, I would like to get more than one can- didate running in each region. Also, if votes were cast via a web-based system, the return might also be greater — people just don’t mail many letters nowadays. These two additions would certainly increase the voter response. We would need to check on the legality of a web- based vote. Regardless of whether a web-based vote is possible, I urge each Regional Representatives to send me names of at least two willing candidates for his or her region by August 2006. Please be thinking now of others from your region who might like to be on the Executive Council. And all of the Executive Council needs to help with finding suit- able candidates for next year (see below for positions that will be open). Write-ins I did have a number of write-ins for Vice-Chair for Conservation and for Northern California, and these people are now in my file of candidates for fu- ture PSG elections. If no one or only a single candidate is suggested for a re- gion representative or an officer posi- tion, I will go to the “ Eutures Eile” and will ask each person in it to see if he or she is interested in the position. This often works out great. At other times, the “ Eutures” want to remain in the Eutures Eile, promising that, at retire- ment (or when they get tenure, or when they finish x y or z) they will serve on the Executive Council. Elected to the Executive Council EOR 2006 The election included special selec- tion of a representative for Oregon and Washington, because the incumbent, Adrian Gall, had moved out of the area. Don Lyons will serve the remainder of the representative’s two-year term. Officers • Chair-Elect: Verna Gill • Secretary: Ron Ydenberg • Vice-Chair for Conservation: Craig Harrison Regional Representatives: • Northern California: Esther Burkett • Old World: Mark Tasker • Pacific Rim: Linda Elliot • Special Oregon/Washington Representative for one year: Don Lyons • Alaska/Russia: Shiway Wang • Student Representative: Jo Smith There was a tie vote (actually a very close 3 -way vote) for the Alaska/Russia Regional Representative. As required by the Bylaws, the Executive Council then voted on the two finalists. The fi- nal outcome was the election of Shiway Wang. This tie is the first in PSG his- tory, at least since I have been Elections Chair. Multiple voting Once again, usual number of mem- bers voted for every single Regional Representative, even though the in- structions to vote only in one’s own region were very clear. I can usually straighten this out by looking at the return address’s zip code, and if there is no return address, I look at the post- mark. However, the latter are often so faded as to be unreadable. Ballots with votes for every regional representative, for which I cannot decipher the region from which it came, do not get counted except for the officer positions. To avoid this problem in the future, if members’ Regions were coded into the ballot (which could be done by add- ing another column to the Excel file), people might still vote for more than one regional rep., but I the correct re- gion would be printed at the top of the ballot, and then I would count only the vote for that region’s candidates. To the new members of the Executive Council, 2006: Welcome, and may you enjoy your tenure on the Council! Election eor 2007 Executive Coun\cil In fall 2006 we will send out bal- lots for Chair-Elect, Treasurer, and for Regional Representatives for Southern California, Canada, Non-Pacific U.S., and Oregon/Washington. Please be thinking of people to nominate — in- cluding yourself! — Pat Baird PSG 2020 LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PSG has established a 2020 Strategic Planning Committee to engage in long-range planning for the group. The Executive Council approved this committee at its meeting in Eebruary 2006. The mandate of the 2020 Committee is to review PSG’s current operating structure and activities, and to determine how well they are matched to PSG’s goals of studying and conserving Pacific seabirds and their environment. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 40 PSG NEWS The Committee will make recom- mendations to the Executive Council on how PSG can best continue meeting these goals over the next decade and a half. The committee’s review will include: • PSG membership, membership cat- egories, and infrastructure • Annual meetings • Membership and structure of the Executive Council and other PSG committees • PSG publications (including Marine Ornithology) and website • Conservation issues and PSG’s role • Other issues as determined by com- mittee members The committee expects to consult with other PSG members early in the review process in order to obtain their input. The committee will determine whether an initial formal survey of the PSG membership will form part of its review. Membership in the 2020 Committee will be broadly representative of PSG’s general membership. Members will include regional representation, mul- tiple nationalities, students, academics and managers, old and new members; members will be people with commit- ment to the success of PSG as an orga- nization. The committee will initially consist of Lisa Ballance (Chair), Kim Nelson, Iain Stenhouse, Ron Le Valley, Shiway Wang, Ken Morgan, and Jaime Jahnke. Additional members will be ap- proved by the Executive Council. The Committee may seek outside expertise or input at any time from non-members of the committee. The Committee will schedule its own meetings and tasks. It anticipates operating on a consensus basis wher- ever possible, and by majority vote only when necessary. It is answerable to the Executive Council, which will set final reporting deadlines. To provide PSG members with an opportunity to comment on reports of the 2020 Committee, draft reports will be posted on the PSG website, and an advisory email to this effect will be cir- culated via the PSG list serve. All com- ments from members will be addressed prior to submission of the final report. DEATH OF JIM KEITH Dr. James O. Keith, longtime mem- ber of PSG and pioneer researcher on Brown Pelicans, contaminants, and many other subjects, died on 30 May 2006 at age 74. Jim worked for the U.S. Pish and Wildlife Servcie for 37 years, studying the effects of pesticides on birds in the US and Mexico. His work contributed to the banning of DDT use in the US. PSG offers its sympathy to Jim’s colleagues and family. A more ex- tensive obituary is planned for the Pall 2006 issue of Pacific Seabirds. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 Spring 2006 • Page 41 PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS OE SYMPOSIA OE THE PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP The Pacific Seabird Group holds occasional symposia at its annual meetings. Published symposia are listed below. They are available for purchase (unless out of print). To order, see the membership application/publication order form. Out-of-print vol- umes are being made available on the PSG website, www.pacificseabirdgroup.org SHOREBIRDS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. Frank A. Pitelka (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group. Asilomar, California, January 1977. Published June 1979 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 2. Out of print. TROPICAL SEABIRD BIOLOGY. Ralph W. Schreiber (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1982. Published Eebruary 1984 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 8. Out of print. MARINE BIRDS: THEIR FEEDING ECOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RELATIONSHIPS. David N. Nettleship, Gerald A. Sanger, and Paul E. Springer (Editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, January 1982. Published 1984 as Canadian Wildlife Service, Special Publication. Out of print. THE USE OF NATURAL VS. MAN-MODIFIED WETLANDS BY SHOREBIRDS AND WATERBIRDS. R. Michael Erwin, Malcolm C. Coulter, and Howard L. Cogswell (Editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium at the first joint meeting of the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Erancisco, California, December 1985. Colonial Waterbirds 9(2), 1986. Order from: Ornithologi- cal Societies of North America, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, Kansas 66044; phone (800) 627-0629; $12.00. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF GULLS. Judith L. Hand, William E. Southern, and Kees Vermeer (Editors). Proceedings of an Interna- tional Symposium of the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Erancisco, California, December 1985. Published June 1987 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 10. Order erom Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas 66044; $18.50. AUKS AT SEA. Spencer G. Sealy (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, Cali- fornia, December 1987. Published December 1990 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 14. Order erom Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas 66044; $16.00. STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF THE MARBLED MURRELET IN NORTH AMERICA. Harry R. Carter, and Michael L. Morrison (Editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, California, December 1987. Published October 1992 in Proceedings of the Western Eoundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 5, Number 1. Order erom PSG treasurer; $20.00. THE STATUS, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE BIRDS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC. Kees Vermeer, Kenneth T. Briggs, Ken H. Morgan, and Douglas Siegel-Causey (editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, British Columbia, Eebruary 1990. Published 1993 as a Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication, Catalog Number CW66-124-1993E. Order erom Publications Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, K1 A OH3, Canada. Free of charge. BIOLOGY OF MARBLED MURRELETS — INLAND AND AT SEA. S. Kim Nelson and Spencer G. Sealy (Editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, Eebruary 1993. Published 1995 in Northwestern Naturalist, Volume 76, Number 1. Order erom PSG treasurer; $12.00. BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF THE SEA DUCKS. Ian Goudie, Margaret R. Peterseen and Gregory J. Robertson (editors). Proceedings of the Pacific Seabird Group Symposium, Victoria, British Columbia, 8-12 November 1995. A special publication compiled by the Canadian Wildlife Service for the Pacific Seabird Group. Published 1999 as Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper number 100, catalog number CW69-1/100E. Order erom Publications Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, KIA OH3, Canada. Free of charge. SEABIRD BYCATCH: TRENDS, ROADBLOCKS AND SOLUTIONS. Edward E. Melvin and Julia K. Parrish (editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Blaine, Washington, 26-27 Eebruary 1999. Published 2001 by University of Alaska Sea Grant, Eairbanks, Alaska. Publication no. AK-SG-01-01. Order erom pubuisher; $40.00. BIOLOGY, STATUS, AND CONSERVATION OF JAPANESE SEABIRDS. Nariko Oka (editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Japanese Seabird Group and Pacific Seabird Group, Lihue, Hawaii, February 2001. Journal of the Yamashina Institute of Ornithology 33(2); Symposium (5 papers), pp 57-147, other papers pp. 148-213. In English with Japanese abstracts. Order erom PSG treasurer; $75.00. OIL AND CALIFORNIA’S SEABIRDS. Harry R. Carter (convener) and Anthony J. Gaston (editor). Proceedings of a symposium fo the Pacific Seabird Group, Santa Barbara, California, February 2002. Published 2003 in Marine Ornithology 31(1). Avaiuabue onuine at www. marineornithology.org; free of charge. Information on presenting symposia: Pacific Seabird Group Symposia are initiated by any PSG member with interest in a particular topic. The goal is to present a collection of papers that explore and review this topic, usually at an annual meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group. In some cases the papers are then edited and published as a PSG Symposium. Anyone interested in organizing a symposium must first contact both the Coordinator of the Publications Committee and the Scientific Program Chair for an annual meeting. Guidelines will be provided on obtaining approval and on organizing, presenting, and publishing a PSG Symposium, including the responsibilities involved. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 42 PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP COMMITTEE COORDINATORS Committees do much of PSG’s business, as well as the conservation work for which PSG is respected. The committees welcome (and need) participants; contact the coordinators for information. CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Craig S. Harrison, 4953 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, USA. Telephone: (202) 778-2240, e-mail: charrison@ hunton.com ELECTION COMMITTEE Pat Baird, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840 USA. Telephone: (562) 985-1780, fax: (562) 985-8878, e-mail: patbaird@csulb.edu JAPAN SEABIRD CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Koji Ono, office: Hokkaido Seabird Center, Kita 6-1, Haboro, Tomamae 078-4116 Japan. Telephone: 011-81-1646-9-2080, fax: 011-81-1646-9-2090; home: 2-506, Sakaemachi 93-12 Haboro, Tomamae 078-4123 Japan. Telephone and fax: 011-81- 1646-2-1324, e-mail: kojiono@gol.com; and John Fries, Laboratory for Wildlife Biology, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi Bunkyo-ku, 113 Tokyo, Japan. Telephone/fax: 011-81-356-89-7254, e-mail: fries@uf.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp MARBLED MURRELET TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Danielle Prenziow Escene, Washington Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 47014, Olympia, Washington 98504- 7014. Telephone: (360) 902-1638; fax: (360) 902-1789; e-mail: danielle.prenzlow@wadnr.gov PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Patrick Jodice, 2002 Forestry Scientces Laborataory, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Telephone: (541) 750-7393, e-mail: jodicep@ucs.orst.edu SEABIRD MONITORING COMMITTEE Scott Hatch, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503 USA. Telephone: (907) 786-3529, fax: (907) 786-3636, e-mail: scott_hatch@usgs.gov XANTUS’S MURRELET TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Brad Keitt and Shaye Wolf, Island Conservation, 100 Shaffer Road, University of California, Santa Cruz, Calfironia 95060. Keitt: telephone (831) 459-1565, e-mail bkeitt@islandconservation.org; Wolf: telephone (831) 459-4581, e-mail wolf@bi- ologyucsc.edu. LOON/GREBE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Dan Anderson, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of Californai, Davis, California 95616-5270. Telephone (916) 752-2108; fax: (916) 752-4154; e-mail: dwanderson@ucdavis.edu PSG DELEGATES TO THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY Craig S. Harrison, 4953 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, USA. Telephone: (202) 778-2240, e-mail: char- rison@hunton.com; and Malcolm C. Coulter, P.O. Box 48, Chocorua, NH 03817 USA. Telephone: (603) 323-9342, e-mail: coultermc@ aol.com AWARDS COMMITTEE The Awards Committee consists of the Past Chair, Chair, and Chair-elect. Committee members for 2006 are Katie O’Reilly, Robert Day, and Verena Gill; contact information is on inside back cover. Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 43 PSG LIFE MEMBERS 2006 David G. Ainley Sarah G. Allen Daniel W. Anderson Edgar P. Bailey Pat Herron Baird Lisa Ballance Mrs. Don Bishop Kenneth T. Briggs P.A. Buckley Joanna Burger Ellen W. Chu Roger B. Clapp Cheryl Conel Malcolm C. Coulter Kathy Cousins Theodore L. Cross Robert H. Day Tony DeGange Jan Dierks George J. Divoky Stewart Eefer Lloyd C. Eitzpatrick Elizabeth Elint Douglas J. Eorsell Michael Ery Lisa Haggblom Judith Latta Hand Craig S. Harrison Scott A. Hatch Monica Herzig Ziircher Nancy Hillstrand Joel D. Hubbard David B. Irons Sarah Keller Karl W. Kenyon James R. King Kathy Kuletz James Kushlan Lora Leschner David B. Lewis Peter Major Eugene Y. Makishima Vivian Mendenhall Gayle Merlen Godfrey Merlen Pat Mock Ken Morgan Edward C. Murphy Maura Naughton S. Kim Nelson David R. Nysewander Haruo Ogi RECIPIENTS OE PSG’S LIEETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Philip and Myrtle Ashmole James C. Bartonek W.R.P. Bourne Richard G.B. Brown G. Vernon Byrd Thomas R. Howell Charles GuigueC George L. Hunt, Jr. Karl W. Kenyon RECIPIENTS OE PSG’S SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD George J. Divoky Craig S. Harrison *Dec eased Arthur L. Sowls Steven M. Speich* Malcolm Coulter Koji Ono Katie O’Reilly Julia K. Parrish John Piatt Robert Pitman C. John Ralph William P. Ritchie Chad Roberts Daniel D. Roby Gerald A. Sanger Palmer C. Sekora Nanette Seto Kouzi Shiomi Douglas Siegel Kitty Simonds William E. Southern Arthur L. Sowls Jeffrey A. Spendelow Takaki Terasawa W. Breck Tyler Enriqueta Velarde Gonzalez Kees Vermeer John S. Warriner Yutaka Watanuki Jennifer Wheeler Jeff Williams James G. King Spencer G. Sealy Robert E. Ricklefs Miklos D.E. Udvardy* John Warham Hiroshi Hasegawa Mark J. Rauzon Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number 1 • Spring 2006 • Page 44 Pacific Seabird Group Membership Application/Publication (Drder Form (Please copy) Membership (includes subscription to Pacific Seabirds) Individual and Family $25.00 $_ Student (undergraduate and graduate) $15.00 $_ Life Membership*’^ $750.00 (optional payment plan, five $150 installments)(contact treasurer for foreign rates) $_ Sponsored Membership $25.00 $ Contributions^ To the Endowment Fund^ $_ Other (please specify) $ Back issues of Pacific Seabirds Vols. 1-8 (1974-1981) @ $2. 50/issue (two issues/year) Specify Volume(s) and Number(s) x $2.50 $_ Vols. 9-present @ $5. 00/issue (two issues/year) Specify Volume(s) and Number(s) x $5.00 $ PSG Symposia {Note: most PSG Symposia are ordered directly from another publisher. Please see full list and ordering information three pages back.) Status and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet in North America x $20.00 $_ Biology of Marbled Murrelets: Inland and at Sea ^x $12.00 $_ Biology, Status, and Conservation of Japanese Seabirds x $75.00 $ PSG Technical Publications Number 1, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Seabird Restoration Workshop ^x $1 8.00 $ Books The Ancient Murrelet ^xSO.OO $ TOTAL ENCLOSED (U.S. Dollars) Prices include postage (surface rate) and handling. SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER (make checks payable to the Pacific Seabird Group) TO: In US dollars (most countries): Ron LeValley, PSG Treasurer, 920 Samoa Blvd., Suite 210, Areata, CA 95521, USA. In Canadian dollars: Ken Morgan, Inst, of Ocean Sciences, Box 6000, 9860 W. Saanich Rd., Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 4B2 In pounds sterling: Mark Tasker, JNCC, Dunnet House, 7 Thistle Place, Aberdeen ABIO lUZ, Scotland, UK ' Contributions may be tax-deductible; see inside front cover for more information. ^ Proceeds from Life Memberships and contributions go to the Endowment Fund, which supports the publications of the Pacific Seabird Group. Member/Sponsor or Order Name Address Deliver/Ship to (if different) Name Address Telephone Fax E-mail Telephone Fax E-mail Pacific Seabirds • Volume 33, Number I • Spring 2006 • Page 45 PSG EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2006 Chair Officers Katie O’Reilly, Department of Biology, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Port- land, OR 97203. Telephone: (503) 943-7146; fax: (503) 943-7784; e-mail: oreilly@up.edu Chair-Elect Verena A. Gill, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., MS 341, Anchorage, AK 99503-6199, USA. Telephone: (907) 786-3584; fax: (907) 786- 3816; cell phone: (907) 250-3721; e-mail: Verena_Gill@fws.gov Past Chair Robert H. Day, ABR, Inc — Environmental Research & Services, P.O. Box 80410, Eairbanks, AK 99708-0420, USA. Telephone: (907) 455-6777; fax (907) 455-6781; e-mail: bday@abrinc. com Vice-Chair for Conservation Craig S. Harrison, 4953 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, USA. Telephone: (202) 778-2240; e-mail: charrison@erols.com Treasurer Ron Le Valley, Mad River Biologists, 920 Samoa Blvd., Suite 210, Areata, CA 95521, USA. Telephone: (707) 326-0300; fax (707) 826-0540; e-mail: ron@madriverbio.com Secretary Ronald C. Ydenberg, Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Department of Biology, Simon Eraser Uni- versity, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. Telephone: (604) 291-4282; fax (604) 291-3496; e-mail: ydenberg@sfu.ca Editor, Pacific Seabirds Vivian Mendenhall, 4600 Rabbit Creek Rd., Anchorage, AK 99516, USA. Telephone: (907) 345-7124; fax (907) 345-0686; e-mail: fasgadair@attalascom.net Regional Representatives Alaska and Russia Shiway Wang, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503-6199, USA. Telephone: (907) 786-3917; e-mail: Shiway@gmail.com Canada Ken Morgan, Institute of Ocean Sciences. P.O. Box 6000, 9860 W. Saanich Rd., Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2. Telephone: (250) 363-6537; fax: (250) 363-6390; e-mail: morgank@pac. dfo-mpo.gc.ca Washington and Oregon Don Lyons, Oregon Cooperative Pish and Wildlife Research Unit, Dept, of Pisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Telephone: (503) 791-2958; e-mail: lyonsd@onid.orst.edu Northern California Esther Burkett, California Dept, of Pish and Game, 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone: (916) 654-4273; fax: (916) 653-2588; e-mail: EBurkett@dfg.ca.gov Southern California Dan Robinette, PRBO Conservation Science, Vandenberg Pield Station, 205 N. H St., Suite 217, Lompoc, CA 93436, USA. Telephone (805) 735-7300; fax (805) 735-8817; e-mail drobinette@ prbo.org Non-Pacific United States Melanie Steinkamp, U.S. Pish and Wildlife Service, 11510 American Holly Dr., Room 206C, Laurel, MD 20708, USA. Telephone (301) 497-5678; fax: (301) 497-5706; e-mail: Melanie_ Steinkamp@fws.gov Pacific Rim Linda Elliott, Hawaii Wildlife Center, P.O. Box 5006, Hawi, HI 96719. Telephone and fax: (808) 884-5576; e-mail: lindae808@yahoo.com Old World Mark Tasker, JNCC, Dunnet House, 7 Thistle Place, Aberdeen ABIO lUZ, Scotland, UK. Telephone: Oil (from USA/Canada only), then 44-1224-642863; fax: 011 44-1224-6214-88; e-mail: tasker_m@jncc.gov.uk or mltasker@aol.com Student Representative Jo Smith, School of Aquatic and Pisheries Sciences, University of Washington, P.O. Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Telephone (206) 221-5294; e-mail: josmith@u. washington.edu Q H in u HH > in in Q Q <