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Trans-equatorial migration links oceanic frontal habitats across the Pacific Ocean: year-round movements and foraging activity of a small gadfly petrel

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Brooke, M.de L

Clay, Thomas A.

Gadfly petrels are among the widest-ranging birds and inhabit oceanic regions beyond the legislative protection of national jurisdictions (the High Seas). Detailed information on breeding phenology, at-sea distributions, and habitat requirements is crucial for understanding threats and designing conservation measures for this highly threatened group.

Freedivers harvest thousands of sea turtles a year in the Solomon Islands

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Hamilton, Richard

1. Sea turtles are harvested in many small-scale fisheries (SSFs), but few nations have quantified the impacts that SSFs are having on their sea turtle stocks. This study provides the first assessment on the catch composition, national harvest rates,and long-term trends in sea turtle catches in the Solomon Islands SSFs. 2. Between October 2016 and May 2018, 10 community monitors located in eight of the nine provinces of the Solomon Islands were trained and employed to work alongside fishers in their respective communities to document, photograph, and geo-reference the reefs where sea turtles were harvested. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) surveys were then conducted with 32 experienced fishers to infer whether the harvest rates of sea turtles had changed in recent decades. 3. Community monitors recorded information on 1,132 sea turtles that were harvested on 529 fishing trips:1,119 sea turtles were identified to species level, with harvests consisting of 73.3% (n=818) green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), 25.7% hawksbill sea turtles (n=291) (Eretmochelys imbricata), and 0.9% (n=10) olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). 4. The great majority (92.6%) of sea turtles were captured by night-time and daytime freedivers who use masks, snorkels, fins, hooks, spears, and underwater flashlights to target a wide range of fauna that inhabit coral reefs.

Reinstatement of customary seabird harvests after a 50-year moratorium

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Anderson, Alice

Davis, Joe

Hohapata-Oke, John

Hughes, Beverly

Jones, Christopher J.

Lyver, Philip O'B

Seabird eggs, chicks and adults have significant value for many cultures, but delayed maturation, low reproductive rates and ease of exploitation at breeding colonies make these species especially vulnerable to over harvest.

PRISMSS Triannual Newsletter - December 2023

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS)

In July SPREP signed a new Grant Funding Arrangement with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide further support to PRISMSS and PRISMSS activities in the region. The project PRISMSS-Restoring Island Resilience will take place up until mid-2026 and spend over NZD 20 million providing much needed human resources to both manage the PRISMSS and coordinate the PRISMSS programmes, develop further multi-country projects, continue with the mainstreaming activities and research initiatives, and invest in scaling up all five PRISMSS programmes across the region. The SPREP Invasive Species Adviser will continue to provide oversight and advice. We look forward to introducing you to the new team in 2024.

Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation 26th Annual meeting - 16 & 17 October 2023

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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This report reflects the key outcomes of the 26th PIRT Annual Meeting and is provided for the information of PIRT Members and Working Groups, as well as other interested organisations, partners, and stakeholders.

Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation 25th Annual meeting - 2 & 3 November 2022

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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This report reflects the key outcomes of the 25th PIRT Annual Meeting and is provided for the information of PIRT Members and Working groups, as well as other interested organisations, partners and stakeholders.

Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation 24th Annual meeting - Friday 26 November 2021

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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This report reflects the key outcomes of the 24th PIRT Annual Meeting and is provided for the information of PIRT Members and Working groups as well as other interested organisations, partners and stakeholders.

Marine mammal strandings recorded in New Caledonia, South West Pacific Ocean, 1877 to 2022

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Bonneville, Claire

Derville, Solène

Garrigue, Claire

Stranding are an important source of information for estimating marine mammals biodiversity, particularly in data-space ocean basins such as Oceania. Here we report on knowledge acquired from 218 stranding events recorded in the waters of New Caledonia.

Diversity and distribution of cetaceans in the Republic of Palau

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Andrews, Olive

Burns, Daniel

Holm, Tiare

Hom-Weaver, Cory Ann

et al

Until recently,very little was known about the species diversity and occurrence of cetaceans in the Republic of Palau. A dedicated scientific investigation into the occurrence and distribution of island associated cetaceans in Palau was conducted in 2012 and 2012.

Tuvalu National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan 2022 - 2027

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Biodiversity is a term that describes the number and diversity of the different plants, animals, and other living things within our environment. Biodiversity is a key factor in natural resilience to the impacts of environmental change. All species contribute to environmental resilience, including those that are naturally common and those that are rare. Natural biological communities have evolved over thousands or millions of years and have resulted in adaptations to local conditions that make these species resilient to natural environmental change. This community of native species contributes to ecosystem functioning and together provides the ecosystem services that we rely on. These services include provisioning (such as food, fuel, raw materials, or medicines), regulating (such as providing clean water and air, climate regulation and flood protection, waste decomposition, and biological pest and disease control), supporting (such as nutrient cycling), and cultural services (such as spiritual and heritage value, recreation, and science). When ecosystems are disturbed or disrupted, due to habitat modification, overharvesting, or invasive species, their function is affected, the benefits they offer decline, and resilience to further change is reduced. In this time of unprecedented global environmental change, protecting biodiversity is more important than ever to ensure we can retain the benefits of the natural world on which all our lives depend

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