Organization
The Executive Secretary of ACAP is Warren Papworth, who is supported by a Science Officer. The Secretariat is located at 27 Salamanca Square, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
The Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2004. National representatives of the signatory countries meet regularly.
| Location | Date |
|---|---|
| Hobart, Australia | 10-12 November 2004 |
| Christchurch, New Zealand | 13-17 November 2006 |
| Bergen, Norway | April/May 2009 |
| Lima, Peru | 23-27 April 2012 |
Six meetings of ACAP's Advisory Committee (AC) have been held to date, the last in Guayaquil, Ecuador from 29 August to 2 September 2011. The AC is currently supported by three working groups (WGs), which usually meet immediately prior to AC meetings. The WGs are for Taxonomy (TWG), Seabird Bycatch (SBWG) and Population and Conservation Status (PaCSWG). Each Working Group is managed by (co-)convenors who are experts in their fields.
Final reports and documented papers for all these meetings are freely available for down-loading and consultation on the ACAP web site in the Agreement's three official languages of English, French and Spanish.
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