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A beautiful photo of a Buller's Albatross taken on the June pelagic off Wollongong by Menno Hornman from The Netherlands.
 
SOSSA is a wildlife conservation and research organisation. Its members are dedicated amateurs and professionals who share a common interest and concern for the marine environment and the wildlife of the Southern Oceans. SOSSA organises regular pelagic trips from Wollongong, NSW and Southport, QLD so both members and visitors can view some of the spectacular marine life that occurs off Australia's coast.


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SOSSA news...

SOSSA's latest newsletter is now available to members (26/12/09)

SOSSA in the Times... (23/11/09)

The report for the July Ulladulla Deepwater pelagic is now online (9/11/09)

The July 2009 report for the Wollongong pelagic trip is now online (07/08/09)

For SOSSA members Issue 43 of our newsletter 'The Albatross' is now available (30/7/09)

The June 2009 report for the Wollongong pelagic trip is now online (13/07/09)

The May 2009 report for the Wollongong pelagic trip is now online (05/06/09)

The February and April 2009 reports for the Wollongong pelagic trips are now online (30/5/09)

The March 2009 Ulladulla Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (25/04/09)

The January and March reports for the Wollongong pelagic trips are now online (25/04/09)

For SOSSA members: SOSSA's December newsletter is now available here (23/12/08)

The October 2008 Ulladulla Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (23/12/08)

SOSSA in the news again, this time rescuing a baby loggerhead turtle. The Mercury article - here (29/09/08)

SOSSA's Lindsay Smith and Janice Jenkin-Smith transfers a beach-washed Southern Royal Albatross to the Australian Musuem - The Mercury article - here (26/09/08)

Photographs have now been added to the April 2008 Ulladulla Deep Water pelagic report (18/09/08)

The December 2007 and June 2008 Southport pelagic reports are now online (18/09/08)

The August pelagic report is now online (10/09/08)

The May pelagic report is now online (21/06/08)

The April Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (28/04/08)

 

 
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Upcoming pelagic birding trips...

Wollongong - trip dates 2009 & 2010

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SOSSA's Deep Water Pelagic Expeditions


These trips head out between 80 to 100 nautical miles NE or SE from Ulladulla on the MV Banks and provide 2 full days of daylight viewing. All meals provided.

Details on the four trips planned for 2009 and the three planned for 2010 now available.

To book a berth contact SOSSA or read about a Deep Water Pelagic trip (April 2008).

Other news...

Relief for albatross with hook in beak (1/11/09)

Tracking the movement of Providence petrels (14/4/09)

Prince Charles in the fight to save the albatross (28/2/09)

Pioneering scheme in South Africa may help to save the albatross (28/2/09)

GPS trackers attached to NZ's Royal albatrosses (16/01/09)

Killer mice continue the rampage on Gough's albatrosses (16/01/09)

New colony established for Huttons shearwaters (12/1/09)

18,000 seabirds killed each year in a single fishery! (08/08/08)

Australian fishers prosecuted for not using seabird bycatch mitigation equipment (04/01/08)