Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

This page lists the jurisdictions or RFMOs that either overlap with breeding sites or with the foraging range of a species, based on information provided by the BirdLife Global Procellariform Tracking Database. 

Species

Follow link on species name to see the list of affected jurisdictions and/or RFMOs.

Albatrosses Diomedea amsterdamensis Amsterdam albatross Diomedea antipodensis Antipodean albatross Diomedea dabbenena Tristan albatross Diomedea epomophora Southern royal albatross Diomedea exulans Wandering albatross Diomedea sanfordi Northern royal albatross Phoebastria albatrus Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria immutabilis Laysan albatross Phoebastria irrorata Waved albatross Phoebastria nigripes Black-footed albatross Phoebetria fusca Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Buller's Albatross Thalassarche carteri Indian yellow-nosed albatross Thalassarche cauta Shy albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma Grey-headed albatross Thalassarche eremita Chatham albatross Thalassarche impavida Campbell albatross Thalassarche melanophris Black-browed albatross Thalassarche salvini Salvin's albatross Thalassarche steadi White-capped albatross

Petrels Ardenna creatopus Pink-footed Shearwater Macronectes giganteus Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli Northern Giant Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis White-chinned Petrel Procellaria cinerea Grey petrel Procellaria conspicillata Spectacled petrel Procellaria parkinsoni Black petrel Procellaria westlandica Westland petrel Puffinus mauretanicus Balearic Shearwater

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Jurisdictions

List of Jurisdictions with links to affected taxa. Click on a jurisdiction to view affected taxa

Angola Antarctic Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Chile China Columbia Cook Islands Disputed Ecuador El Salvador Federated States of Micronesia Fiji France French Polynesia Guatemala Japan Madagascar Mauritius Mexico Mozambique Namibia

New Caledonia New Zealand North Korea Norway Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Republic of the Marshall Islands Russia Samoa Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Tahiti Taiwan Tanzania Tonga Tuvalu United Kingdom Uruguay US Samoa USA Vanuatu

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Regional Fisheries Management Organisations

Use link on RFMO to see related species.

RFMO	Full name
CCAMLR	Comission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCSBT	Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
CPPS	Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur
IATTC	Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
IOTC	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IPHC	International Pacific Halibut Commission
SEAFO	South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
SIOFA	Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
SPRFMO	South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
SWIOFC	South-West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
WCPFC	Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission