6th Meeting of the Parties to ASCOBANS MOP6/Doc.5-03 (S) UN Campus, Bonn, Germany, 16-18 September 2009 Dist. 4 September 2009 Agenda Item 5.3 and 5.4 Review of Implementation of the ASCOBANS Triennial Work Plan (2007-2009) Annual National Reports of ASCOBANS Parties Reports from Non-Party Range States Document 5-03 Compilations of Annual National Reports for 2006, 2007 and 2008 Action Requested • Take note of the reports Submitted by Secretariat NOTE: IN THE INTERESTS OF ECONOMY, DELEGATES ARE KINDLY REMINDED TO BRING THEIR OWN COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO THE MEETING Eleventh Compilation of Annual National Reports Bonn, 2008 Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas ASCOBANS Secretariat UN Campus Bonn Hermann-Ehlers-Strasse 10 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 815 2416/2418 Fax: +49 228 815 2440 [email protected] www.ascobans.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface .....................................................................................................................................................6 A. GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................7 1. Summary of Party and Range States Details...............................................................................7 2. Institutions and Organizations mentioned in national reports.....................................................9 B. NEW MEASURES/ACTION TAKEN BY PARTIES .........................................................11 1. Direct interaction of small cetaceans with fisheries .............................................................11 a) Investigations of methods to reduce bycatch ........................................................................11 Belgium................................................................................................................................11 Denmark...............................................................................................................................11 Finland.................................................................................................................................12 France...................................................................................................................................12 Federal Republic of Germany..............................................................................................12 Lithuania..............................................................................................................................12 Netherlands..........................................................................................................................13 Sweden.................................................................................................................................14 Poland…………………………………………………………………………………........14 United Kingdom...................................................................................................................14 b) Implementation of methods to reduce bycatch .....................................................................15 Belgium................................................................................................................................15 Denmark...............................................................................................................................15 Finland.................................................................................................................................15 France...................................................................................................................................15 Federal Republic of Germany..............................................................................................15 Lithuania..............................................................................................................................15 Netherlands..........................................................................................................................15 Poland..................................................................................................................................15 Sweden.................................................................................................................................17 United Kingdom...................................................................................................................17 c) Estimates of bycatch in set net and pelagic trawl fisheries .................................................17 Belgium................................................................................................................................17 Denmark...............................................................................................................................17 Finland.................................................................................................................................18 France...................................................................................................................................18 Federal Republic of Germany..............................................................................................18 Lithuania..............................................................................................................................18 Netherlands..........................................................................................................................18 Poland..................................................................................................................................18 Sweden.................................................................................................................................19 United Kingdom...................................................................................................................19 d) Implementation of guidelines, new legislation, etc. to reduce bycatch ................................20 Denmark...............................................................................................................................20 2. Reduction of disturbance to small cetaceans ........................................................................20 a) Information on levels of disturbance (e.g. seismic surveys, new high-speed ferry routes, studies about acoustic impacts on cetaceans etc. ...................................................20 Belgium................................................................................................................................20 Denmark...............................................................................................................................20 Finland.................................................................................................................................20 3 France...................................................................................................................................21 Federal Republic of Germany..............................................................................................21 Lithuania..............................................................................................................................22 Netherlands..........................................................................................................................22 Poland..................................................................................................................................22 Sweden.................................................................................................................................23 United Kingdom...................................................................................................................23 b) Implementation of guidelines, new legislation etc. to reduce disturbance ..........................24 Belgium................................................................................................................................24 Denmark...............................................................................................................................24 Finland.................................................................................................................................24 France...................................................................................................................................24 Federal Republic of Germany..............................................................................................24 Lithuania..............................................................................................................................24 Netherlands..........................................................................................................................24 Poland..................................................................................................................................24 Sweden.................................................................................................................................24 United Kingdom...................................................................................................................25 3. Protected areas for small cetaceans .......................................................................................25 a) Measures taken to identify, implement and manage protected areas