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