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title: "ACAP will consider listing the Flesh-Shearwater at the 2026 Meeting of its Advisory Committee in Namibia next month"
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# ACAP will consider listing the Flesh-Shearwater at the 2026 Meeting of its Advisory Committee in Namibia next month

*![Flesh footed Shearwater 2 Kirk Zufelt](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Shearwaters/Flesh_footed/Flesh-footed_Shearwater_2_Kirk_Zufelt.jpg)  
Flesh-footed Shearwater at sea, photograph by Kirk Zufelt*

 On the [agenda](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac15/ac15-meeting-documents/5248-ac15-doc-02/file) for the Fifteenth Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee ([AC15](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac15)), to be held in Swakopmund, Namibia over 1-5 June 2026, will be a consideration of the listing of new species on ACAP’s Annex 1.  Two Meeting Documents have been tabled under Agenda Item 16 for discussion.  The first (Potential listing of Flesh-footed Shearwater on Annex 1**; **[AC15 Doc 18](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac15/ac15-meeting-documents/5227-ac15-doc-18/file)) will be presented by New Zealand, Australia and France.

 Its Summary follows:

 “The Flesh-footed Shearwater has been recognised as a strong candidate for listing on Annex 1 based on criteria used by ACAP.  The Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) adopted a proposal to list Flesh-footed Shearwater on Appendix II of CMS.  A Concerted Action was also adopted.  Listing on Annex 1 of ACAP would further facilitate the anticipated benefits identified in the CMS listing proposal, as ACAP is very active in the development and promotion of best-practice seabird bycatch mitigation advice for relevant fisheries.”

 Doc. 18 recommends that AC15:

 1. Note the listing of Flesh-footed Shearwater on Appendix II of CMS and associated Concerted Action.

 2. Consider the CMS listing proposal document and identify any additional information that should be included in a potential proposal for listing Flesh-footed Shearwater on Annex 1 that could be brought to SBWG14/PaCSWG10/AC16 for review.

 *![COP15](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/Petrels/COP15.jpg)The CMS [adopted](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-convention-on-migratory-species-to-add-26-gadfly-petrel-taxa-to-its-appendices) the proposed Gadfly Petrel listings*

 The second document under Agenda Item 16 (Listing of gadfly petrels on CMS Appendices I and II; [AC15 Doc 19](https://www.acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac15/ac15-meeting-documents/5225-ac15-doc-19/file)), to be presented by New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and Chile, takes note of the recent CMS listing of 26 gadfly petrels in the genera *Pterodrom*a and *Pseudobulweria* on its Appendices.  It recommends that ACAP considers the CMS listing and identifies any further actions that ACAP could take to improve the conservation status of these species.

 *ACAP Latest News* will report on the outcome of the Agenda 16 discussions after ACAP releases its Report on the 15th Meeting of the Advisory Committee.

 Read earlier *ACAP Monthly Missives* on ACAP listing of the [Near Threatened](https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/flesh-footed-shearwater-ardenna-carneipes) Flesh-footed Shearwater *Ardenna carneipes*[here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-the-flesh-footed-shearwater-is-a-highly-suitable-candidate-for-acap-listing-according-to-a-proposal-to-be-considered-by-the-convention-on-migratory-species) and [here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-the-convention-on-migratory-species-considers-the-flesh-footed-shearwater-for-inclusion-on-its-appendix-ii-acap-listing-to-follow)*.* Read more on its CMS listing [here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-convention-on-migratory-species-adds-the-flesh-footed-shearwater-to-its-appendix-ii-and-approves-concerted-action-for-the-species).

 *John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 13 May 2026*