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Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

January 01, 1970

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) is a legally binding international agreement signed in 2001 and entered into force on 1 February 2004 when South Africa ratified as the fifth Party to the Agreement.

Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
Logo of the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
AbbreviationACAP
Formation1 February 2004 (20 years ago) (2004-02-01)
TypeInternational organization
PurposeConservation
Location
Coordinates42°53′00″S 147°19′45″E / 42.883394°S 147.329126°E / -42.883394; 147.329126
Area served
International
Membership
13 state members
Executive Secretary
Christine Bogle
Websiteacap.aq
Black-browed Albatross hooked on a long-line.

It was created in order to halt the drastic decline of seabird populations in the Southern Hemisphere, particularly of albatrosses and petrels. Albatrosses and petrels are threatened by introduced species on their breeding islands, pollution, and by being taken as bycatch by longline fisheries, as well as by trawl and gillnet fisheries. The Agreement requires that measures be taken by signatory governments to reduce bycatch; protect breeding colonies; and control and remove introduced species from breeding sites, especially on islands.

Currently, ACAP protects all the world's albatross species, seven Southern Hemisphere petrel species and two shearwater species. The ongoing work of the Agreement reflects an increasing international commitment to protect albatrosses and petrels.

Organization edit

The Executive Secretary of ACAP is Christine Bogle, who is supported by a Science Officer, Wiesława Misiak, and an honorary Information Officer, John Cooper.[1] The Secretariat is located at 119 Macquarie Street, Hobart in the state of Tasmania, Australia.[2][3]

The Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2004. National representatives of the Parties meet regularly. Six Meetings of the Parties have been held. The seventh will be held in Australia during 2022.

Location Date
Hobart, Australia 10-12 November 2004
Christchurch, New Zealand 13-17 November 2006
Bergen, Norway 27 April - 1 May 2009
Lima, Peru 23-27 April 2012
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 4-8 May 2015
Skukuza, South Africa 7-11 May 2018

Eleven meetings of ACAP's Advisory Committee have been held to date, the last in Florianópolis, Brazil from 13 to 17 May 2019. The Advisory Committee is currently supported by three working groups for Taxonomy, Seabird Bycatch, and Population and Conservation Status.

Meeting agendas, final reports and submitted documents and information papers may be downloaded from the Agreement's website at www.acap.aq.

Due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ACAP Parties have decided to postpone the next meeting of the Advisory Committee (AC12) and of its Working Groups (SBWG10 and PaCSWG6) to 2021, to be held in Ecuador.

The Agreement's activities are funded from a modest budget stemming mainly from assessed contributions by the Parties. As well as supporting the Secretariat and annual meetings, funds are used to support conservation activities, including the Small Grants and Secondment Programmes.

Provisions edit

ACAP helps countries to implement species action plans, control the expansion of non-native predators, introduce measures reducing bycatch of seabirds, and support research in the sphere of the effective conservation of petrels and albatrosses. To this end it has published ACAP Species Assessments, booklets, mitigation factsheets, and a number of ACAP Conservation Guidelines, including for biosecurity; eradication of introduced mammals; translocation; and census and survey methods.

One of the Agreement's main activities is to provide expert advice on seabird bycatch mitigation to fisheries managers, both in domestic and high seas fisheries.

In May 2019 the ACAP Advisory Committee declared that a conservation crisis continues to be faced by its 31 listed species, with thousands of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters dying every year as a result of fisheries operations. To increase awareness of this crisis ACAP has inaugurated a World Albatross Day, to be held annually from 2020 on 19 June, the date the Agreement was signed in 2001.

Species covered by the Agreement edit

The following 31 species of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters are listed by the Agreement.

Albatrosses
Petrels and shearwaters

Member states edit

The following 13 countries are Parties to the Agreement:

Canada, Namibia and the United States of America regularly send observer delegations to ACAP meetings, but have not as yet acceded to the Agreement.[4] Japan and Mexico have sent delegations to meetings in some years. Chinese Taipei has attended as a member economy of the Asia Pacific Economic Forum. Any Range State or regional economic integration organisation may become a Party to the Agreement by accession. The term ‘Range State’ refers to a State with jurisdiction over any part of the range of albatrosses or petrels, or a State whose flag vessels are outside its national jurisdictional limits and either take or have the potential to take albatrosses and petrels.

Both international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may apply to attend ACAP meetings as observers.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels - ACAP Secretariat Staff". acap.aq. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Headquarters Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Secretariat to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (Hobart, 23 June 2008) - ATS 19 of 2008”. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels - Home". acap.aq. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ^ Williams, Ted (May 2016). "How Congress Can Protect Seabirds With One Simple Act". Audubon. Retrieved May 17, 2016.

External links edit

  • Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

January 01, 1970
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The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ACAP is a legally binding international agreement signed in 2001 and entered into force on 1 February 2004 when South Africa ratified as the fifth Party to the Agreement Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and PetrelsLogo of the Conservation of Albatrosses and PetrelsAbbreviationACAPFormation1 February 2004 20 years ago 2004 02 01 TypeInternational organizationPurposeConservationLocationHobart Tasmania AustraliaCoordinates42 53 00 S 147 19 45 E 42 883394 S 147 329126 E 42 883394 147 329126Area servedInternationalMembership13 state membersExecutive SecretaryChristine BogleWebsiteacap wbr aq Black browed Albatross hooked on a long line It was created in order to halt the drastic decline of seabird populations in the Southern Hemisphere particularly of albatrosses and petrels Albatrosses and petrels are threatened by introduced species on their breeding islands pollution and by being taken as bycatch by longline fisheries as well as by trawl and gillnet fisheries The Agreement requires that measures be taken by signatory governments to reduce bycatch protect breeding colonies and control and remove introduced species from breeding sites especially on islands Currently ACAP protects all the world s albatross species seven Southern Hemisphere petrel species and two shearwater species The ongoing work of the Agreement reflects an increasing international commitment to protect albatrosses and petrels Contents 1 Organization 2 Provisions 3 Species covered by the Agreement 4 Member states 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksOrganization editThe Executive Secretary of ACAP is Christine Bogle who is supported by a Science Officer Wieslawa Misiak and an honorary Information Officer John Cooper 1 The Secretariat is located at 119 Macquarie Street Hobart in the state of Tasmania Australia 2 3 The Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2004 National representatives of the Parties meet regularly Six Meetings of the Parties have been held The seventh will be held in Australia during 2022 Location Date Hobart Australia 10 12 November 2004 Christchurch New Zealand 13 17 November 2006 Bergen Norway 27 April 1 May 2009 Lima Peru 23 27 April 2012 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain 4 8 May 2015 Skukuza South Africa 7 11 May 2018 Eleven meetings of ACAP s Advisory Committee have been held to date the last in Florianopolis Brazil from 13 to 17 May 2019 The Advisory Committee is currently supported by three working groups for Taxonomy Seabird Bycatch and Population and Conservation Status Meeting agendas final reports and submitted documents and information papers may be downloaded from the Agreement s website at www acap aq Due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID 19 pandemic ACAP Parties have decided to postpone the next meeting of the Advisory Committee AC12 and of its Working Groups SBWG10 and PaCSWG6 to 2021 to be held in Ecuador The Agreement s activities are funded from a modest budget stemming mainly from assessed contributions by the Parties As well as supporting the Secretariat and annual meetings funds are used to support conservation activities including the Small Grants and Secondment Programmes Provisions editACAP helps countries to implement species action plans control the expansion of non native predators introduce measures reducing bycatch of seabirds and support research in the sphere of the effective conservation of petrels and albatrosses To this end it has published ACAP Species Assessments booklets mitigation factsheets and a number of ACAP Conservation Guidelines including for biosecurity eradication of introduced mammals translocation and census and survey methods One of the Agreement s main activities is to provide expert advice on seabird bycatch mitigation to fisheries managers both in domestic and high seas fisheries In May 2019 the ACAP Advisory Committee declared that a conservation crisis continues to be faced by its 31 listed species with thousands of albatrosses petrels and shearwaters dying every year as a result of fisheries operations To increase awareness of this crisis ACAP has inaugurated a World Albatross Day to be held annually from 2020 on 19 June the date the Agreement was signed in 2001 Species covered by the Agreement editThe following 31 species of albatrosses petrels and shearwaters are listed by the Agreement Albatrosses Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca Light mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata Short tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Black footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes Atlantic Yellow nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Indian Yellow nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri Grey headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Black browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Campbell Albatross Thalassarche impavida Buller s Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta White capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita Salvin s Albatross Thalassarche salvini Petrels and shearwaters Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli White chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Pink footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus Member states editThe following 13 countries are Parties to the Agreement nbsp Argentina nbsp Australia nbsp Brazil nbsp Chile nbsp Ecuador nbsp France nbsp New Zealand nbsp Norway nbsp Peru nbsp South Africa nbsp Spain nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Uruguay Canada Namibia and the United States of America regularly send observer delegations to ACAP meetings but have not as yet acceded to the Agreement 4 Japan and Mexico have sent delegations to meetings in some years Chinese Taipei has attended as a member economy of the Asia Pacific Economic Forum Any Range State or regional economic integration organisation may become a Party to the Agreement by accession The term Range State refers to a State with jurisdiction over any part of the range of albatrosses or petrels or a State whose flag vessels are outside its national jurisdictional limits and either take or have the potential to take albatrosses and petrels Both international and national non governmental organizations NGOs may apply to attend ACAP meetings as observers See also editBonn ConventionReferences edit Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels ACAP Secretariat Staff acap aq Retrieved 30 June 2017 Headquarters Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Secretariat to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Hobart 23 June 2008 ATS 19 of 2008 Australasian Legal Information Institute Australian Treaties Library Retrieved on 18 April 2017 Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Home acap aq Retrieved 30 June 2017 Williams Ted May 2016 How Congress Can Protect Seabirds With One Simple Act Audubon Retrieved May 17 2016 External links editAgreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels amp oldid 1214368904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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