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Page 1: ACAP Marco Favero

The Agreement on the Conservation of

Albatrosses and Petrels: International Efforts

to Improve the Conservation Status of

Threatened Species

On behalf of: Marco Favero1, Warren Papworth2,

1 ACAP Advisory Committee2 ACAP Secretariat

Interrnational Seabird Bycatch Workshop

Vigo Spain

October 28th 2014

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“The objective of the Agreement is to achieve and maintain a

favourable conservation status for albatrosses and petrels” (Art. II.1).

Apply to albatrosses and petrels listed in Annex 1 (30 spp)

Meeting of the Parties: decision-making body of the Agreement

Advisory Committee (AC): expert scientific and technical advice

Taxonomy Working Group

Population and Conservation Status Working Group

Seabird Bycatch Working Group

Executive Secretary: execute decisions, organise meetings,

administer funds, promote and coordinate actions, etc.Chatham albatross

© Tui De Roy

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AC (and WGs) meet twice every three years: review

of work programme and development/ refinement of advice.

A substantial amount of work is being done by

ACAP Parties to implement the Agreement

(adoption / implementation of NPOA-S, recovery

plans, strategy documents, marine protected

areas and feral pest eradication programmes).

Parties meet every three years: review of the degree to which

the Agreement’s Action Plan is implemented by the Parties

(MoP4 conducted in early 2012).

Significant contribution of Non-Party Range States and NGOs to the work of the

Agreement

Three official languages: English, French and Spanish

© Juan Seco Pon

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Action/ Process Products

Review taxonomy ACAP spp Advice other fora (e.g. CMS)

Evaluation of spp conservation status Species assessments

Development of conservation guidelines Biosecurity guidelines

Erradication guidelines

Review / development of mitigation Mitigation rev document

Brief mitigation advice

Mitigation factsheets

Development/ implementation of RFMO

engagement strategy

Advice documents on seabird CM

Advice documents on data collection and

observer protocols

Collection/ storing/ organisation of data ACAP database

Identification of conservation priorities Land based Conservation priorities

At sea Conservation priorities

Strategy on capacity building ACAP secondments

Funds AC work programme

Development of performance indicators Breeding sites, status and trends

Seabird bycatch

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In early 2010 ACAP responded to the Convention for

Migratory Species (CMS) query on taxonomy of albatrosses

and further adopted the recommended taxonomic approach.

Three species added to Annex 1: since 2004, three

northern hemisphere albatrosses and the Balearic

shearwater recently listed in Annex 1 after proposal tabled

by Spain.

Action/ Process Products

Review taxonomy ACAP spp Advice other fora (e.g. CMS)

© SEO/BirdLife

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Action/ Process Products

Evaluation of spp conservation status Species assessments

Process started in 2007

29 species assessments finalised by 2010

Assessments translated into the three ACAP languages by 2011

Assessments are updated as new data becomes available

• Conservation status

• Taxonomy

• Conservation plans

• Breeding biology

• Breeding sites

• Population trends

• Foraging ecology

• At-sea distribution

• Threats

• Information gaps

Available at http://www.acap.aq/acap-species

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Large body of research has been undertaken in recent years on

seabird bycatch mitigation. Effective mitigation measures

have been identified and best practice advice developed for

pelagic LL, demersal LL and trawl fisheries

Action/ Process Products

Review / development of mitigation Mitigation rev document (EN, FR, SP)

Brief mitigation advice (EN, FR, SP)

Mitigation factsheets (EN, FR, SP, POR, JAP, MAN, KOR)

Co-branded with BirdLife International

Advice generated to be used at

different fora (Governments, RFMOs,

observer programmes, fishermen, etc)

• Complexity of fisheries and Agencies (e.g. artisanal fisheries)

• Progress in adoption of Conservation Measures and NPOA-S

• Observer programmes and data

availability/ quality issues

Available at http://www.acap.aq/bycatch-mitigation

Waved Albatross

© R. Medina-ATF

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• ACAP’s strategy to engage with RFMOs has been

developed to assist with the development and

implementation of CM in high seas fisheries.

• Line weighting – Bird Scaring Line – Night setting

package for pelagic LL fisheries

• Key challenge is to ensure that the knowledge is

applied and mitigation measures are implemented

widely and effectively in fisheries where incidental

mortality is occurring.

Action/ Process Products

Development/ implementation of RFMO

engagement strategy

Advice documents on seabird CM

Advice documents on data collection and

observer protocols

• Observer programmes and data availability (resource implications)

• Electronic monitoring, a way forward?

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Action/ Process Products

Development of strategy on capacity

building

ACAP secondments

Funds AC work programme

• Parties (2006) identified Capacity Building as an

issue of high priority for the Agreement.

• Objective: to improve the capacity of Parties and

other relevant stakeholders in areas such as research,

administration, training and monitoring.

• Significant resources spent by ACAP to increase

capacities of Parties and Range States (e.g.

secondment programme, grant scheme).

• Since 2008: 15 (out of 28) conservation projects funded by the AC comprised capacity

building aspects in research, education, training and outreach (some 60% of AUD$

461,000 granted during 2008-2012).

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KEY CHALLENGES

• Non-Party States holding breeding areas

• Number of other fishing Range States need to be engaged (e.g. high seas fleets)

• Full engagement/ participation by Parties

High turnover rate at decision maker level

• Major data gaps in population status, by-catch, etc.

Collection of relevant data

• More traction in RFMOs, implementation and data gathering issues

Slow progress/ temporal scale issues in some areas/ arenas

• Size and complexity of some fisheries (artisanal/ semi-industrial)

• Limited resources (e.g. eradication programmes)

•Widespread adoption/implementation of ACAP’ best practice mitigation advise’


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