Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association
- Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association
The Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA) is an Australian natural history research and conservation organisation. It is based in the city of Wollongong, south of Sydney in New South Wales. It was formally established in 1994 by members of the NSW Albatross Study Group Lindsay Smith and Harry Battam to be an umbrella organisation for groups involved with biological research on, and concerned about the environment of, the Southern Ocean. However, its origins go back to the start of long-term banding studies of albatrosses on the coast of New South Wales in the mid 1950s. [ [http://www.sossa-international.org/Pages/Front%20Pages/AboutSOSSA.htm About SOSSA] ]
SOSSA operates monthly public pelagic trips from Wollongong to see seabirds and marine mammals. [ [http://www.sossa-international.org/Pages/Front%20Pages/PelagicTrips.htm SOSSA: Pelagic trips] ] Projects supported by SOSSA include studies of "Diomedea" and "Thalassarche" albatrosses, Sooty Oystercatchers, cuttlefish, and the Five Islands Nature Reserve off Port Kembla. [ [http://www.sossa-international.org/Pages/Front%20Pages/Projects.htm SOSSA projects] ]
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* [http://www.sossa-international.org/ Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association]
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