Common Contracts
1 similar Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program contracts
AGREEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM39TH MEETING OF THE PARTIESBilbao (Spain) 16 July 2019 PROPOSAL MOP-39 A-1 SUBMITTED BY VENEZUELAAgreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program • July 13th, 2019
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Since the entry into force of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP), various on-board observer programs were formed in the framework of the AIDCP, for tuna vessels with ‘ coverage of up to 50%, which allowed the creation of the observer programs of Colombia, Ecuador, Nica- ragua, Panama, the European Union and Venezuela, since that of Mexico was already functioning. All the programs maintain a coverage of up to 50%, except that of Ecuador which contemplates only up to 30%, they have shown since the beginning a high grade of efficacy at the same level as the observer program of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which carries the rest of the coverage of the observer program. Since their beginnings they have managed to reduce the time the that the IATTC would dedicate to reviewing data, since they are reviewed, analyzed, processed and transferred to the IATTC tobe used by the Commission staff for the scientific an
