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title: "Agreement between ACAP and tuna commission proposed"
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# Agreement between ACAP and tuna commission proposed

A formal agreement has been proposed between the Albatross and Petrel Agreement and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ([IOTC](https://www.acap.aq/www.iotc.com)).  The proposed agreement is to be considered at the 13th Session ([http://www.iotc.org/English/meetings/comm/comcurrent.php](http://www.iotc.org/English/meetings/comm/comcurrent.php))

 of the Commission, being held this week in Bali, Indonesia from 30 March to 3 April 2009.

  The proposed agreement ([click here](http://www.iotc.org/files/proceedings/2009/s/IOTC-2009-S13-03%20[E]%20%20Proposed%20Agreement%20ACAP-IOTC%20.pdf)) calls for ACAP and the IOTC to establish and maintain consultation, co-operation and collaboration in respect of matters of common interest to both organisations for the:

  a) development of systems for collecting and analysing data, and exchanging information concerning the incidental by-catch of seabirds in the IOTC Area;

  b) exchange of information regarding management approaches relevant to the conservation of albatrosses and petrels;

  c) implementation of education and awareness programmes for fishers who operate in areas where albatrosses and petrels may be encountered;

  d) design, testing and implementation of seabird by-catch mitigation measures relevant to fishing operations in the IOTC Area;

  e) development of training programmes on conservation techniques and measures to mitigate threats affecting albatrosses and petrels;

  f) exchange of expertise, techniques and knowledge relevant to the conservation of albatrosses and petrels in the IOTC Area;  and

  g) reciprocal participation with observer status at the relevant meetings of each organisation.

  ACAP signed a similar Agreement with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission ([WCPFC](https://www.acap.aq/www.wcpfc.int)) on 7 December 2007 ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/images/Core_Documents/MOU_ACAP_WCPFC_Final_Signed.pdf) for text).

  Further agreements between ACAP and Regional Fishery Management Organizations, including CCAMLR, CCSBT, IATTC, ICCAT and SEAFO ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=73&Itemid=23) to access RFMO links), will be discussed at the Third Session of ACAP’s Meeting of Parties, to be held in Bergen, Norway over 27 April to 1 May 2009 (see MoP3 Doc. 19 at [http://www.acap.aq/en/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113&Itemid=33](https://www.acap.aq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113&Itemid=33)).

  

 *Posted by John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer and Warren Papworth, ACAP Executive Secretary, 1 April 2009*