Seabird Bycatch Issues

Scientific and Professional Organizations

SeaBird Bycatch Home Page
Seabird listserver
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Marbled Murrelet Research Position

Reference materials / Natural history

Marine Mammal Protection Act: Proposed regulations, June 1995
Regulations concerning Interactions Between Marine Mammals and Seabirds and Commercial Fishing Operations on the Pacific Coast. Very Detailed, includes data on incidental catch by gear type and location, 100+ pages
FWS draft recovery plan for Marbled Murrelet 8/95
Hearings Schedule for Murrelet Critical Habitat 9/95 FWS
FWS Critical Habitat reproposal 9/95 w/maps
Migratory Bird Treaty Act- brief description
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Wildlife Protection Summaries: USFWS
Lacey Act :brief, -No importation of endangered species
Marbled Murrelet Critical habitat MAP for Oregon
Marbled Murrelet Critical Habitat Map for Central California
Marbled Murrelet Critical Habitat Map for Northern California
Marbled Murrelet Critical Habitat Map for Washington
Marbled Murrelet Breeding Sites Map for Washington
Marbled Murrelet, natural history and present problems: Mountaineers
Marbled Murrelet: Very Detailed Natural History from the Canadian Hinterland Who's Who
Protect the Environment of Canada, Detailed report,Endangered lists, etc+++
PWS Exxon Valdez Animal status 1995, description of research efforts
Sustainable Ecosystems Institute: Marbled Murrelet/Natural History and Research Projects
Endangered Animal Species on National Wildlife Refuges
Endangered Species: Images and Natural History
Endangered Species umich master index
Endangered Species Home Page:USFWS
U.S. Listed Vertebrate Animal Species by Lead Region and Status: USFWS
U.S. Listed Bird Species Profiles 2: USFWS
Washington Breeding Bird Atlas: UWA
Checklist of Oregon's Birds
Prince William Sound : Brief Description of Geology, Flora and Fauna
CA Seabird Deaths 1983
Library of Natural Sounds: Cornell
Extensive Lists of Birding and ecological sites
Electronic Resources on Ornithology: CAN
Yahoo - Society and Culture:Environment and Nature:Wildlife:Endangered Species

Birding / Environmental Groups

Audubon Washington State Chapters
Seattle Audubon Society (SAS)
Tweeters Birding Email
Oregon Audubon Home Page
Corvallis Audubon Home Page
Oregon Birders On Line
Centre for Marine Environmental Initiatives
Environmental Working Group
Earth Isalnd Institute: Other Organizations and Web sites
EcoNet's Directory of Environmental WWW Sites
Yahoo - Society and Culture:Environment and Nature
Point Reyes Light: CA community paper

Logging and Murrelets

Forests Forever: Marbled murrelet extinction bill
Forests Forever:Salvage logging in CA Redwoods/murrelets
Headwaters News:Salvage logging /Marbled murrelets

Governmental Agencies

ODFW Home Page
Index for N W Refuge System
National Biological Service's Home Page
Office of Protected Resources: NMFS
NOAA Home Page
Info Summary on Fish for Congress


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