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In 1999, The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) adopted its “International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries”.  The text is available at:

http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/X3170E/X3170E00.HTM

Perhaps because the IPOA-Seabirds is a voluntary instrument, progress with fishing nations adopting their own national plans (NPOA-Seabirds) has been somewhat slow, with several plans known to have been drafted which are not yet formally adopted.  Go to http://www.fao.org/fishery/publications/seabirds/npoa to find some of the NPOA- Seabirds which have been adopted or are in draft, along with PDFs of the texts.

However, good progress is being achieved in South America, where three fishing nations, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, with known problems of seabirds (including many ACAP-listed species) being killed on longline hooks have all produced their NPOA-Seabirds in the last two years (see below).

Neves, T., Olmos, F., Peppes, F. & Mohr, L.V. 2006.  National Plan of Action for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (NPOA-Seabirds Brazil).  Threatened Species Series No. 2. 128 pp. [also available in Portuguese].

http://www.fao.org/fishery/publications/seabirds/npoa

http://www.acap.aq/en/images/NPOA/NPOA_Seabirds_Brazil_2007_English.pdf

[Chile] 2006.  Plan de Acción Nacional para reducir les capturas incidentales de Aves las pesquerías de palangre (PAN-AM /Chile).  26 pp.

www.subpesca.cl/template/tablas_chicas/04.asp?IDSECCION=2015

http://www.acap.aq/en/images/NPOA/chile_pan_aves.pdf

Domingo, A., Jiménez, S. & Passadore, C. 2007.  Plan de Acción Nacional para Reducir la Captura Incidental de Aves Marinas en las Pesquerías Uruguayas.  Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos.  75 pp.

http://www.fao.org/fishery/publications/seabirds/npoa

 John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, with the help of Karin Mundnich (Chile) and Tatiana Neves (Brazil)

Posted 23 March 2008