Amendment to Annex 1 of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Filename: 2006-AmendmentsAnnexI-2001-ConservationAlbatrossesPetrelsentxt.EN.txt

Amendment of Annex I of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

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Resolution 2.5

Proposal to amend Annex 1 of the Agreement

Noting the recommendations of the Advisory Committee which endorsed the conclusions of its Taxonomy Working Group;

Noting also available data do not warrant the recognition of the Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) and Gibson’s Albatross (Diomedea gibsoni) at the specific level;

Noting also available data do not warrant the recognition of the Buller’s Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) and Pacific Albatross (Thalassarche nov. sp. (platei)) at the specific level; and

Noting also available data warrant the recognition of Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) and White-capped Albatross (Thalassarche steadi) as divergent and diagnosable species;

The Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrossesand Petrels

Agrees:
1. in accordance with Article XII(5), to amend Annex 1 of the Agreement as set out in Appendix A.

Appendix A

Annex 1. Albatross and Petrel Species to which the Agreement will apply.

Albatrosses (19 species)

Diomedea exulans

Diomedea dabbenena

Diomedea antipodensis

Diomedea amsterdamensis

Diomedea epomophora

Diomedea sanfordi

Phoebastria irrorata

Thalassarche cauta

Thalassarche steadi

Thalassarche salvini

Thalassarche eremita

Thalassarche bulleri

Thalassarche chrysostoma

Thalassarche melanophrys

Thalassarche impavida

Thalassarche carteri

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

Phoebetria fusca

Phoebetria palpebrata

Petrels (7 species)

Macronectes giganteus

Macronectes halli

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Procellaria conspicillata

Procellaria parkinsoni

Procellaria westlandica

Procellaria cinerea