Proposed Priority Actions for the 2026 - 2028 ACAP Engagement Strategy with Regional Fisheries Management and Conservation Organisations

Engagement with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) has been -and continues to be- a paramount component of ACAP´s strategy to mitigate and reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds. Following discussion at SBWG11, the Working Group agreed that a clear and updatable summary of developments and a clear engagement strategy for RFMOs was needed. AC13 endorsed the establishment of an intersessional correspondence group (ICG) to undertake a review of the RFMO Engagement Strategy. Among its tasks, the ICG would review the aims of the current RFMO Engagement Strategy and the theme-based format of the strategy; and develop an updated list of priority actions. As a main outcome of this process, a revised ACAP Engagement Strategy with Regional Fisheries Management and Conservation Organisations was drafted by the ICG (AC14 Doc 20) to be presented to AC14. The present document details the Proposed Actions for the next triennium, 2026 - 2028, of the ACAP Engagement Strategy.