The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

We strive, through our 13 Parties, to conserve albatrosses and petrels by coordinating international activities to mitigate threats to their populations.  In 2019 ACAP’s 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 inaugurated a World Albatross Day to be held annually on 19 June from 2020, the date the Agreement was signed in 2001.

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The Fourteenth Meeting of ACAP’s Advisory Committee (AC14) will be held in Lima, Peru, from 12 to 16 August 2024.

 

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Best Practice Advice

ACAP review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures and summary advice for reducing the impact of fishing on seabirds.

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Mitigation Fact Sheets

The Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Fact Sheets describe the range of potential mitigation measures available to reduce seabird bycatch in longline and trawl fisheries.

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Seabird Bycatch Identification Guide

The Guide is primarily intended for use at sea by fisheries observers to assist in the identification of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters commonly caught in longline operations.

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DOCUMENTS

Text of the Agreement

Amended by the Sixth Session of the Meeting of the Parties, Skukuza, South Africa, 7 - 11 May 2018.

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RESOURCES

ACAP Species

The ACAP Species Assessments contain the most recent scientific information regarding albatross and petrel species listed under the Agreement.

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Data Portal

Population and conservation data for species listed on Annex 1 of ACAP. Reporting on implementation of the Agreement.

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ACAP Latest News

Upcoming Meetings and Events

20 - 26 May 2024
Baja California, Mexico		IAPC7: 7th International Albatross and Petrel Conference
05 - 07 Aug 2024
Lima, Peru		SBWG12
08 Aug 2024
Lima, Peru		Joint SBWG12/PaCSWG8 meeting
09 Aug 2024
Lima, Peru		PaCSWG8
12 - 16 Aug 2024
Lima, Peru		14th Meeting of ACAP’s Advisory Committee (AC14)

 

 

Funded Proposals Project Leader
ACAP Small Grant 2023-01 Skyward heat: thermal signatures revealing population size and productivity in albatross and giant petrel colonies. Martin Brogger, Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CONICET), Argentina
Effectiveness of acoustic monitoring for estimating population trends and recolonisation of burrow-nesting petrels  Richard Phillips, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom
Potential risks to ACAP species from unregulated fisheries in the southwest Atlantic Ocean Ana Carneiro, BirdLife International, United Kingdom
Disease Risk Analysis of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza for ACAP Species  Patricia Pereira Serafini, Federal University of Santa Catarina and National Centre for Wild Birds Conservation and Research – CEMAVE/ICMBio/MMA, Brazil
Multi-sensor assessment of fine-scale fisheries overlap and bycatch risk of Southern Buller’s Albatross across life history stages  Jonathan Rutter, University of Oxford Department of Biology, United Kingdom 
Trialling seabird bycatch mitigation measures for Brazilian demersal longline fisheries  Gabriel Canani Sampaio, LAATM-FURG / Projeto Albatroz, Brazil
Enabling mitigation measures in the southern Peruvian artisanal longline fleet targeting sharks to reduce the bycatch of albatrosses and petrels Javier Quiñones, Oficina de Investigaciones en Depredadores Superiores del Instituto del Mar del Perú, Peru
Manufacture of a new concept pelagic longline heavy hook to improve line weighting acceptance and seabird bycatch mitigation performance Nigel Brothers, Unaffiliated, Australia

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP is a multilateral agreement which seeks to conserve listed albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters by coordinating international activity to mitigate known threats to their populations.

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