South Pacific Seabird Projects

As well as our projects within the Hawaiian Islands, ARC conducts work across the South Pacific. We focus on rapid assessments of seabird populations (including the creation of baseline population data and distribution maps), partnership building and in-country training. For the latter, our seabird experts arrange workshops for interested partner organizations where they share and exchange knowledge on monitoring techniques, data management and scientific analysis and report writing. The aim of these projects is to help initiate long term seabird projects in countries where these do not currently exist, to help broaden seabird conservation initiatives across the Pacific and in-country expertise. The 2025 release of the Pacific Seabirds Survey and monitoring Manual - co-written by our Science Director - helps create the blueprint for these initiatives.