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This is the third review of the status and trends of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic seabird populations undertaken by the Bird Biology Subcommittee of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The first review was undertaken in 1988 (SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee 1988). The second review was in 1992 and published as SCAR (1992) in the report of the Eleventh Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The present review was requested by CCAMLR in 1994 for presentation and discussion at its 1996 meeting. The SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee (SCAR-BBS) met in Cambridge, UK, 31 July–2 August 1996.