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Agreements & Mous CMS Agreements and MOUs ACAP – the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels Secretariat: Christine Bogle, ACAP Secretariat, 119 Macquarie Parties: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, France, New Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000 Australia Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and Tel: +61 (0) 3 6165 6674 web: www.acap.aq Uruguay (as at 1 January 2009). [email protected] Key Dates: Negotiations were concluded on 1 February 2001 at Depositary: Australia Cape Town. The Agreement was opened for signature on 19 June 2001 and entered into force on 1 February 2004. The First Meet- Species: Albatrosses: Diomedea exulans, Diomedea dabben- ing of Parties was held in Hobart, Australia in November 2004, ena, Diomedea antipodensis, Diomedea amsterdamensis, Dio- the Second was held in Christchurch, New Zealand in November medea epomophora, Diomedea sanfordi, Phoebastria irrorata, 2006, the Third in Bergen, Norway in April-May 2009, the Fourth Phoeba stria albatrus, Phoebastria immutabilis, Phoebastria ni- in Lima, Peru in April 2012, the Fifth in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, gripes, Thalassarche cauta, Thalassarche steadi, Thalassarche Spain in May 2015 and the Sixth in Skukuza, South AFrica in May salvini, Thalassarche eremita, Thalassarche bulleri, Thalassarche 2018. chryso stoma, Thalassarche melanophris, Thalassarche impavida, Thalassarche carteri, Thalassarche chlororhynchos, Phoebetria Threats: By-catch in long line and trawl fisheries, habitat fusca, Phoebetria palpebrata. degradat ion, marine pollution, loss of prey due to overfishing. Petrels: Macronectes giganteus, Macronectes halli, Procellaria Actions: The ACAP Action Plan sets out measures for direct spe- aequinoctialis, Procellaria conspicillata, Procellaria parkinsoni, cies conservation, habitat restoration and the management of Pro cellaria westlandica, Procellaria cinerea. human acti vities impacting on albatross populations. By-catch in fisheries is to be reduced or eliminated through appropriate Range States: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, management. Marine pollution and discharges from vessels are Ecua dor, European Union, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, to be minimized and public awareness raising activities are to be Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, undertaken. Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, United King- dom, United States of America and Uruguay. Key facts: · Albatrosses are highly efficient in the air, using dynamic soaring and slope soaring to cover great distances with little exertion. · Of the 21 species of albatrosses recognised by the IUCN, 19 are threatened with extinction. · The diet of albatrosses is dominated by cephalopods, fish and crustaceans. 2019 / CMS Family Guide Agreements and MOUs | 1 i www.cms.int ACAP Status: 10 CMS Agreements and MOUs ACCOBAMS – the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area Parties: Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Monte- negro, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine (as at 1 February 2018). Key Dates: ACCOBAMS was opened for signature on 24 Novem- ber 1996 and entered into force on 1 June 2001. Five Meetings of the Parties have taken place – in Monaco in 2002, Palma de Mallorca, Spain in 2004, Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2007, Monaco again in 2010, Tangier, Morocco in 2013 and Monaco again in 2016. Threats: Interactions with shipping (collisions) and fisheries (by- Secretariat: catch and prey depletion), habitat loss and degradation, direct Executive Secretary: Florence Descroix-Comanducci killing, noise and chemical pollution. Jardin de l’UNESCO, Les Terrasses de Fontvieille, MC 98000, Monaco Actions: The ACCOBAMS Conservation Plan specifies the ac- Tel: +377-98-98-20-78 / 80-10 web: www.accobams.org tions that Parties shall take in the following areas: adoption and Fax: +377-98-98-42-08 email: [email protected] enforcement of national legislation; assessment and manage- ment of human cetacean interactions habitat protection; re- Depositary: Monaco search and monitoring; capacity building; collection and disse- mination of information; training and education; and responses Species: Regularly occurring in the Mediterranean: Fin whale to emergency situations. (Balae noptera physalus), Short-beaked common dolphin (Del- phinus delphis), Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), MOP4 in 2010 passed a resolution extending the area covered by Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), Killer whale (Orcinus orca – the Agreement to include waters off the West coast of Portugal Gibraltar Strait population), Harbour porpoise (Phocoena pho- and Northern Spain. The amendment has to be ratified by two coena), Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), Striped dolphin thirds of the Parties before it enters into force. (Stenella coeruleoalba), Bottle-nose dolphin (Tursiops trunca- tus), Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Regularly oc- Partners: curring in the Black Sea: Delphinus delphis ponticus, Phocoena phocoena relicta, Tursiops truncatus ponticus. Alnitak Marine Environment Research and Education Centre; American Society of International Law – International Envi- Riparian States: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulga- ronmental Law Group; BICREF – The Biological Conservation ria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Research Foundation; Blue World Institute of Marine Research Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, and Conservation; Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute; Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Repu- Brema Laboratory; Conservación, Información e Investigación blic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom. en Cetáceos (CIRCE); Conservation Biology Research Group (University of Malta); Dipartimento di Biologia dell’Università di Genova; Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes; écoOcén Insti- tut; European Cetacean Society; Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés; International Fund for Animal Welfare; Israel Marine Mammal Research & Assistance Center; Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Applicata al Mare (ICRAM); IUCN; Morigenos – Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Society; National Insti- tute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”; Nature Trust; Oceana; Ocean Care; Oceanic Museum of Mona- co; Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute; Souffleurs d’Ecume: Spanish Cetacean Society; Swiss Cetacean Society; Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife; Tethys Research Insti- tute; Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV); University of Valencia; Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society; WWF Mediterranean Programme 2019 / CMS Family Guide Agreements and MOUs | 2 i www.cms.int ACCOBAMS Status: 10 CMS Agreements and MOUs ASCOBANS – the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas Secretariat: Parties: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Executive Secretary: Amy Fraenkel the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany Key Dates: Final Act signed 13 September 1991. Entry into force Tel: + 49 228 815 2416 web: www.ascobans.org under its original name, the Agreement on the Conservation of Fax: + 49 228 815 2440 [email protected] Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas – 29 March 1994. Entry into force of extension of Agreement Area into the North The ASCOBANS Secretariat merged with the CMS Secretariat on East Atlantic and Irish Sea – 3 February 2008. 1 January 2007 for an interim period of three years. This arrange- ment was extended by a further three years in 2010. Threats: By-catch, acoustic disturbance, competition with fish- eries, collisions with shipping and marine pollution. Depositary: Secretary General of the United Nations, New York. Actions: The ASCOBANS Conservation and Management Plan Species: The Agreement covers all toothed whales (Odonto- obliges Parties to engage in habitat conservation and manage- ceti) except the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Exam- ment, surveys and research, pollution mitigation and public in- ples commonly found in the Agreement area include: Harbour formation. To achieve its aim, ASCOBANS cooperates with Range porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops States that have not (yet) acceded to the Agreement, relevant truncatus), Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), Striped dol- intergovernmental organ izations dealing with the marine envi- phin (Stenella coeruleoalba), Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus), ronment and fisheries, and a number of non-governmental org- Killer whale (Orcinus orca), Long-finned pilot whale G( lobicepha- anizations. la melas), the Northern bottle-nosed dolphin (Hyperoodon am- pullatus) and members of the beaked whale family (Ziphiidae). The key priorities for ASCOBANS at present are reducing by- catch by encouraging the use of alternative fishing gear; increas- Range States: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ger- ing knowledge of population size and distribution for improved many, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, management; awareness-raising among the general public and Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. fishers; and encouraging people to engage in conservation ef- forts. Key facts: · On 3 February 2008, the extension
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