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Recently posted sea duck research, articles and presentations	Author(s)
Fourth International Sea Duck Conference
Low Abundance of King Eider Nests During Low Lemming Years in Northeast Greenland	Sittler, Benoit, Gilg, Olivier, Berg, Thomas B.
King Eider Foraging Effort During the Pre-Breeding Period in Alaska	Oppel,Steffen , Powell,Abby N. , Butler, Malcolm G.
Third North American SeaDuck Conference 2008
Second North American Sea Duck Conference 2005
First North American Sea Duck Workshop and Conference 2002
Birds at Risk: The Importance of Canada’s Boreal Wetlands and Waterways	Cheskey, Edward , Wells, Jeffrey Ph.D., , Casey-Lefkowitz, Susan
Waterbird Populations and Pressures in the Baltic Sea
Evidence of Population Decline in Common Eiders Breeding in Western Greenland	Merkel, Flemming Ravn
Biological and Societal Dimensions of Lead Poisoning of Birds in the USA	Friend, Milton, Franson, J Christian, Anderson, William L.

Tremendous foresight

Sea ducks, are migratory birds, governed and protected by The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) of 1918.

The countries; Canada, the United States (1916), Mexico (1936), Japan (1972) and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (1976) signed on to treaties for international protection of Migratory Birds that migrate between these countries.

Management must consider: "due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight" (16 U.S.C. 704).

This site uses these farsighted considerations developed almost 100 years ago for a management template.

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Seaducks.org is dedicated to elevating the status and knowledge of sea ducks so that, together, we can make sound, scientific management decisions to help these species thrive.