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The Australian Antarctic Division leads Australia's Antarctic Programme. As an agency of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, its charter is to ensure Australia's Antarctic interests are advanced

The Undersecretariat for Fisheries, the Chilean Government Agency responsible for the administration of the fisheries sector, is the focal point for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels in Chile

Environment Canada's mandate is to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, conserve Canada's renewable resources, conserve and protect Canada's water resources and forecast weather and environmental change

NOAA Fisheries Service (USA) is dedicated to the stewardship of living marine resources through science-based conservation and management, and the promotion of healthy ecosystems. Its web site features a bycatch section

The mission of SANAP is to increase understanding of the natural environment and life in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean through appropriate science and technology.

Les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF) sont formées par l’archipel de Crozet, l’archipel des Kerguelen, les îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam, la Terre Adélie et les îles Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa et Bassas da India dans le canal du Mozambique et Tromelin au nord de la Réunion

Defra is the UK focal point for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the premier government agency dedicated to the conservation, protection, and enhancement of fish, wildlife and plants, and their habitats.

The Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development through its Working Group on Aquatic Resources (Grupo de Trabajo de Recursos Acuáticos) carries out projects and actions aimed at conserving and sustainable using of wetlands, aquatic biodiversity and marine and freshwater fisheries, with the assistance of scientific and academic institutions, and with the agreement and participation of local, provincial and national authorities and related institutions. In particular, the Working Group on Water Resources worked on the development of the National Plan of Action to reduce the mortality of Albatrosses and Petrels in Argentina (NPOA-Seabirds). In addition, the secretariat proposes actions for the sustainable management of fisheries and aquatic biodiversity conservation with the competent courts, national and provincial.

The mission and functions of the National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero, INIDEP) are to formulate, implement and monitor research projects in the exploration, evaluation and development of fisheries, aquaculture technology, gear, technological processes and fishing economy, among others, according to the guidelines and priorities set by the enforcement authority. The monitoring of the levels of incidental mortality of albatrosses and petrels associated with commercial longliners – and more recently trawlers – is conducted as part of a programme jointly commissioned in the year 2000 to INIDEP, particularly the National Observers Program and the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). Since then, the INIDEP was – through the Observers Program - deeply involved during all stages of different projects addressing conservation issues allied to albatross and petrel interaction with fisheries

The National Parks Administration (Administración de Parques Nacionales, APN) of Argentina is a public body responsible for maintaining the National System of Protected Areas, aimed at conserving the biodiversity and archaeological heritage of the country. The conservation of albatrosses and petrels started after the creation of a National Park and several inter-jurisdictional parks in Patagonia that includes coastal regions of the Argentine Sea that overlaps with the breeding and foraging ranges of seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels.