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SGA Notices
The SGA Online Talk of 28 November 2021, Saving Ocean Wanderers, was attended by about 150 Zoom viewers. If you missed it, you can catch up on our YouTube channel. You can see this, and our previous talks, on the SGA Video Recordings page via the Resources menu on our website.
Albatross Talk is Online Read More »
The South Georgia Association is pleased to present another online talk on Thursday 18 November 2021.
Who and What:
Saving Ocean Wanderers – why Japan is important in the fight to save South Georgia albatross, with Steph Prince and Yasuko Suzuki.
Richard Phillips, Seabird Foodweb Ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey will compere and ask your questions.
Steph Prince is the High Seas Programme Manager for the BirdLife Marine Programme, leading projects to reduce seabird bycatch in global tuna fisheries around the world. She was previously a Zoological Field Assistant for the British Antarctic Survey, wintering at both Bird Island and King Edward Point.
Yasuko Suzuki is the Japan Marine Programme Office for BirdLife International, leading engagement work with the Japanese fishing industry, government, the tuna supply chain and the Japanese public to reduce seabird bycatch in distant water High Seas fleets.
Despite protections being put in place to stop albatrosses and other seabirds being accidentally killed in South Georgia waters in the early 2000’s, albatross populations continue to decline to this day. Since 2004 BirdLife International have been working to reduce albatross bycatch on the High Seas, where less protection for seabirds has been in place. Tracking studies have shown where conservation efforts need to be concentrated, and which fleets pose the greatest risk. Japan is one of the countries that has the potential to make the biggest difference to albatross conservation and so Yasuko is working to engage the fishing industry and public to make the oceans safer for South Georgia albatross.
The SGA supported this project with our Initiative Fund. More details HERE.
Where: The Comfort of your own Home, via Zoom
When: 1930 GMT on Thursday 18 November 2021
Cost: Free
Registration Details will be distributed to members by email nearer the time, after which they will be posted here and on our FaceBook page.
Online SGA Talk – 18 November 2021 – Saving Ocean Wanderers Read More »
UPDATE: The Deadline has been extended to 24 November 2021.
South Georgia’s government (GSGSSI) recently published ‘Protect, Sustain, Inspire’ (PSI), their five-year framework for managing the territory over the next few years. They are now developing a system of Milestones and Success Criteria, by which their progress in implementing the aims of the framework can be gauged.
GSGSSI have published a four-page document describing a preliminary set of milestones they have identified, and inviting your views on other milestones that might be appropriate, and their relative priorities, or indeed any of their milestones that might not be appropriate. Deadline for submission via the online form is 24 November 2021 (extended from 12 November).
to see the PSI document, the consultation document, and to take part in the online survey on the GSGSSI website.
The Athy Shackleton Museum is holding its annual Shackleton Summer school online at the end of October 2021.
…Athy Online Shackleton Autumn School 2021 Read More »
The South Georgia Association in association with the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) are pleased to present another online talk on Thursday 20 May 2021.
Who: Marcus Brittain from the University of Cambridge will tell us about the recent SGHT Archaeology Expedition to the island to investigate the historic sealing sites. Bob Burton from the SGHT will also be there to tell us a little about what the fur seals were used for, and why they were hunted so far away.
Where: The Comfort of your own Home, via Zoom
When: 1930 BST (1830 GMT/UTC) on Thursday 20 May 2021
Cost: Free
Online SGA Talk – 20 May 2021 Read More »
The South Georgia Association’s April 2021 Newsletter has been published. Attached are the 2021 audited accounts summary and a cut-out-and-make model of the RRS James Clark Ross, which features in the Newsletter.
Members’ copies will be in the post soon and we will send you an email link for the digital version.
Older issues are free for anybody to download from the newsletters page of this website. (Now including last April’s Newsletter)
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April 2021 Newsletter Published Read More »
The South Georgia Association’s November 2020 Newsletter has been published.
Members’ copies will be in the post soon.
Members will be emailed a password to allow them to download an electronic copy from the newsletters page of this website.
Older issues are free for anybody to download.
November 2020 Newsletter Published Read More »
The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is writing a strategic framework for managing the territory between 2021 and 2026.
The strategy is a follow-up to the 2016-2020 Strategy, which you can see here
SGA Members are encouraged to visit the GSGSSI website (see button below) to read more about the plan, read a copy, and submit any thoughts, comments or other feedback by 16 November.
5-Year Strategic Framework Consultation Read More »
Following the success of our online talk – Whales, Mountains and Penguins – in June, we are holding another one. We are repeating the successful format of three short talks followed by questions from the ‘floor’. The event will be hosted via the online platform Zoom. For those unfamiliar with Zoom, we can forward instructions on how to download and use the app if requested.
Place: The comfort of your own home. SGA Members will be contacted by email with registration details. We will also keep you updated here, and on the FaceBook page.
Date: Wednesday 9 September 2020
Time: 7PM (1800 GMT for overseas participants )
How to Take Part: Email the communications editor HERE or use the form BELOW by Monday 7 September to register your interest and we will send you the link.
The meeting invitation will be sent out on Tuesday 8 September to the email address you have provided.
NB – you do not need to ‘sign up’ to a Zoom account in order to attend this meeting.
Tell your friends: Please feel welcome to invite non-members to participate – the more the merrier! (There is a maximum audience of 300 people).
Online Talks No. Two – 9 September 2020 Read More »
Thursday 25 June 2020
The South Georgia Association is pleased to present three talks on Thursday 25 June 2020 using the Zoom online platform. Three speakers will each give a short talk of approximately twenty minutes as follows:
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