Report of the Working Group. 9.1.1 The Convenors of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (hereafter PCSWG or WG), Xx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Dr Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx introduced the report of the 1st Meeting of the PCSWG. This report outlined inter-sessional progress against the Work Programme of the PCSWG, agreed at the ACAP Advisory Committee meeting in 2011 (AC6) and adopted at MoP4 in 2012. The report also reflected discussions and advice resulting from the WG meeting (PCSWG1) held on 29-30 April 2013 in La Xxxxxxxx, France.
9.1.2 The meeting was attended by representatives from Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States and BirdLife International, as well as experts and observers from government agencies and non-government organisations. The full report of the Working Group (AC7 Doc 12 Rev 1) provided a comprehensive record of the inter- sessional progress, a 2013 assessment of the global status and trends of ACAP species (Table 1), the deliberations of the WG and the recommendations that the PCSWG presented to the AC. IUCN Status 20131 Common name Number of sites (ACAP)2 Single Country Endemic Annual breeding pairs (ACAP)3 Trend Confidence Population Trend 1991-20114 CR Amsterdam Albatross 1 France 30 High ↑ CR Balearic Shearwater 5 Spain 3,193 Medium ↓ XX Xxxxxxx Albatross 1 UK 1,699 High ↓ CR Waved Albatross 1 Ecuador 9,615 Low ↓ EN Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross 6 UK 33,650 Low ↔ EN Black-browed Albatross 65 672,411 High ↑ EN Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 6 39,320 Medium ↓ EN Northern Royal Albatross 5 NZ 5,832 - ? EN Sooty Albatross 15 13,674 Very Low ↓ VU Antipodean Albatross 6 NZ 8,274 Medium ↓ VU Black-footed Albatross 13 68,962 High ↑ VU Black Petrel 2 NZ 881 Medium ↓ XX Xxxxxxxx Albatross 2 NZ 22,093 - ? VU Chatham Albatross 1 NZ 5,245 Medium ↔ VU Grey-headed Albatross 29 94,580 Medium ↓ XX Xxxxxx'x Albatross 12 NZ 42.219 Very Low ↔ VU Short-tailed Albatross 2 472 High ↑ VU Southern royal Albatross 4 NZ 7,873 Medium ↔ VU Spectacled Petrel 1 UK 14,400 High ↑ VU Wandering Albatross 28 8,246 High ↓ VU Westland Petrel 1 NZ 4,000 Low ↔ XX Xxxxx-chinned Xxxxxx 73 1,057,930 Very Low ↓ NT Xxxxxx'x Albatross 10 NZ 29,948 Low ↑ NT Grey Petrel 17 79,588 Very Low ↓ NT Laysan Albatross 17 650,561 High ↔ NT Light-mantled Albatross 71 13, 955? Low ↔ NT Shy Albatross 3 Australia 12,535 Medium ↑ NT White-capped Albatross 5 NZ 74,870 - ? LC Northern Giant Petrel 50 10,856 Medium ↑ LC Southern Giant Petrel 119 47,160 Medium ↑ 1 IUCN...
Report of the Working Group. 10.1.1 The report of the Taxonomy Working Group (TWG, AC7 Doc 13 Rev 1) was presented by the Vice-chair (who is also a member of the Working Group). He apologised for the late posting of the Report.
10.1.2 TWG had one task since the last meeting of the AC, to review the taxonomic status of the eastern and western populations of the Black-footed Albatross.
10.1.3 TWG applied the taxonomic guidelines of ACAP and following a review of the published, taxonomy-related data for this species, TWG concluded that the available information does not warrant an amendment to the species currently listed under Annex 1 of the ACAP Agreement.
Report of the Working Group. 11.1.1 The Convenor and Vice-convenor of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (hereafter SBWG), Mr Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, introduced the report of the 5th Meeting of the SBWG. This report outlined inter-sessional progress against the Work Programme of the SBWG, agreed at the ACAP Advisory Committee meeting in 2011 (AC6) and adopted at MoP4 in 2012. The report also reflected discussions and advice resulting from the SBWG meeting held on 1-3 May 2013 in La Xxxxxxxx, France.
11.1.2 The meeting was attended by Working Group members from most of the Parties to the Agreement, as well as experts and observers from government agencies and non-government organisations. The full report of the Working Group (AC7 Doc 14 Rev 1) provides a comprehensive record of the inter- sessional progress, the deliberations of the WG and the recommendations that the SBWG presented to the AC.
11.1.3 The Advisory Committee accepted the following recommendations of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group and:
1. Adopted the definition of Best Practice outlined in SBWG report Item 1 (points i to vi) for use when developing advice on mitigation measures to reduce seabird bycatch.
2. With respect to pelagic longline bycatch mitigation:
i. supported the current advice that a combination of weighted branch lines, bird scaring lines and night setting represent best practice mitigation for seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries;
ii. afforded priority to line weighting when considering mitigation for seabird bycatch on the basis that line weighting is integral to fishing gear and has the advantage of being more consistently implemented, subject to weighting regime characteristics being adequately specified, safety issues being adequately addressed; and that issues relating to application to artisanal fisheries are taken into account;
iii. noted the review of mitigation technology available for pelagic longline gear (AC7 Doc 14 Rev 1, Annex 2); and
iv. endorsed the revised best practice advice for mitigation in pelagic longline fisheries (AC7 Doc 14 Rev 1, Annex 3) and encouraged Parties to use this information to guide the development of policy and practice within the fisheries under their jurisdiction.
3. With respect to demersal longline bycatch mitigation:
i. noted that research results presented at the meeting reinforce current ACAP best practice advice;
ii. noted that information on the Chilean, or trotline, system presented at the meeting was used to update both the ACAP revie...
Report of the Working Group. 9.1.1 Dr Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Co-convenor of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (PaCSWG), introduced the report of the Third Meeting of the PaCSWG (AC9 Doc 09 Rev 1). This report outlined inter-sessional progress against the Work Programme of the PaCSWG and also reflected discussions and advice resulting from the WG meeting (PaCSWG3) held on 5 - 6 May 2016 in La Serena, Chile.
9.1.2 The Advisory Committee supported the following recommendations of the PaCSWG and took note of them when developing the AC Work Programme:
Report of the Working Group. 10.1.1 The AC Chair, who is a member of the Taxonomy Working Group (TWG), advised the meeting that no report had been submitted by the TWG. He noted however, the contribution of the TWG to a manuscript submitted to the journal Biological Conservation in October 2015, which reviews the taxonomy, breeding and foraging distributions, population status and trends, threats and priorities for ACAP species. The Chair of the TWG also provided advice to Australia on the taxonomy of the Pink-footed Shearwater, Xxxxxxx creatopus syn. Puffinus creatopus.
Report of the Working Group. 11.1.1 The Convenor of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG), Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, introduced the report of the Seventh Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG7). This report (AC9 Doc 10 Rev 1) outlined intersessional progress against the Work Programme of the SBWG, as well as discussions and advice resulting from the SBWG meeting held from 2 - 4 May 2016, in La Serena, Chile.
11.1.2 The Advisory Committee supported the following recommendations of the SBWG and took note of them when developing the AC Work Programme:
