Priority conservation objectives and actions
Objective 1: Enhance data collection and data input into habitat protection initiatives
- Action 1. Raise awareness and facilitate protection of at-sea areas where key marine bird habitats intersect with human activities
- Action 2. Support country participation in circumpolar collaborations to enhance Ivory Gull surveys and collection and synthesis of marine bird tracking data (including Ivory Gulls)
- Action 3. Knowledge gap analysis of circumpolar seabird tracking studies
Objective 2: Harvest assessments and mitigation of unsustainable harvest
- Action 1. Work with CBird to promote dialogue with authorities for management plans to combine the knowledge of status of hunted species between countries
- Action 2. Assess the population-level impact of harvest in relation to other stressors
- Action 3: Conduct/update a harvest inventory for circumpolar regions of interest
Objective 3: Mitigate seabird and seaduck bycatch
- Action 1. Initiate an overlap analysis for seabird bycatch in circumpolar region
- Action 2: Continue discussions about mitigation measures with fisheries partners
- Action 3: Support efforts to develop best practices for bycatch data collection
- Action 4: Finalize gill net bycatch assessment in key regions
Objective 4: Address environmental pollution issues
- Action 1. State of knowledge assessment for plastics in wildlife
- Action 2: Work with Arctic Council countries and Permanent Participants, PAME, and AMAP to begin to address knowledge gaps
Objective 5: Support the activities and priorities of the International Snowy Owl Working Group (ISOWG)
- Action 1. Publish a more precise global population estimate and assessment of population trends
- Action 2. Implement wider-scale tracking of Snowy Owls throughout their range
Priority species in 2019-2023 work plan
![]() Ivory gull |
![]() Thick-billed murre |
![]() Common eider |
![]() Snowy owl |