Accession of Non-Party Range States. 7.12.1 The Executive Secretary introduced this agenda item, noting that there had been no new accessions of non-Party Range States to the Agreement during the past triennium. During this period the number of non-Party Range States had increased significantly, due to the listing of the northern hemisphere species of albatrosses at MoP3 and the increasing use of flags of convenience by fishing vessels.
Accession of Non-Party Range States. 7.12.1 The Executive Secretary referred to the report of the Secretariat (MoP6 Doc 09) which includes a summary of actions taken with regard to the accession of new Parties.