The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) through its 13 Parties strives 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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Call for Applications to Undertake a Secondment

Applications are sought to undertake a secondment for the purpose of building capacity within Parties, and as a means of achieving tasks within the current work programmes of the Advisory Committee.  Applications must be received by the Secretariat by close of business on Tuesday, 2 February 2021.

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ACAP Parties have decided to postpone the next meeting of the Advisory Committee AC12 (and of its Working Groups: SBWG10 and PaCSWG6) to 2021, to be held in Ecuador.  A revised date and other details will be decided nearer the time.  See AC12 Circular 3.