A first assessment of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins in Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)

First attempt to systematically identify marine IBAs in the Antarctic

Assessed all available penguin tracking data for Subarea 48.1 (Antarctic Peninsula, and South Shetland Islands) and Subarea 48.2 (South Orkney Islands)

Developed new protocols for determining candidate IBAs based on penguin tracking data

Identified 6 candidate marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)

Outlines future work for developing a more complete IBA network