Conservation of migratory species

STRADDLING STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES

1. Highly migratory species . 45 52 17

1 187.2 Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1 757.7

Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species should provide protection to migratory species listed on appendix I to the Convention that appendix includes species that are considered in danger of extinction.

The few temperate nesting species are migratory, and some tropical species also show seasonal movements.

The Convention on Migratory Species aims at the conservation of avian, terrestrial and aquatic migratory species that cross national jurisdictional boundaries in the course of their migration.

93. Similar considerations apply in the case of highly migratory species.

With respect to such species, however, there are potentially many more States involved, including coastal States in which the highly migratory species are found and States that fish highly migratory species on the high seas.

The area is also home to many perennial and migratory bird species.

(b) Give full effect to these provisions with regard to highly migratory species

30. Highly migratory species are referred to in the 1982 Convention (article 64).

Some, such as the Forum Fisheries Agency, are also concerned with highly migratory species.

Some similar considerations will apply with respect to the management of highly migratory species.

32 William T. Burke, quot Highly Migratory Species ... quot , op. cit., supra, note 13.

The species is listed on Appendix I and Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

No operational definition of quot highly migratory species quot is given, though a species listing is provided in annex I to the Convention.

1 Highly migratory stocks catches of these species are listed in the 1982 Convention, excluding cetaceans

There still remains the question of responsibility for high seas management of highly migratory species, and of the relationship between high seas management and the management by coastal States of highly migratory species within their exclusive economic zones.

The Convention on Migratory Species also operates through the establishment of agreements among range States aimed at the conservation of individual species or groups of related species on a regional scale.

Those States claimed that the high seas freedom of fishing followed highly migratory species into the EEZ.

This will remain the case until an appropriate definition of quot highly migratory species quot is developed or the species listing in annex I is updated.

The State also ostensibly owns the genetic material of migratory species, such as migrating birds, in their territories.

Ganges river dolphin, various species of turtles, thousands of migratory birds, and fishing is causing problems like this.

169. The Commission also adopted a declaration requesting the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks to quot consider urgently the necessity of managing the stocks of highly migratory species throughout their entire migratory range quot . 117

Similarly, with respect to highly migratory species, and most notably tuna, the more valuable longer lived species, which require the most careful management, are either over exploited or depleted.

Audit of the secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and co located agreement secretariats

(d) Trust Fund for the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, to be extended through 31 December 1994

Accordingly, the United States now recognizes coastal State claims of jurisdiction over highly migratory species of tuna within the exclusive economic zone.

50. In the Eastern Pacific, off the coast of Central and South America, the highly migratory species problem relates to the tuna.

Ecologically, Lake Tana is home to rare and endangered bird species such as the black crowned crane and also hosts several migratory birds.

This implies that the obligation of the parties to conserve migratory species applies also to their flag vessels operating in the high seas.

A CONF.164 L.23 Conservation and management of ecologically related species in fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks

1. The living resources of the high seas, including straddling stocks and highly migratory species, should be utilized for the interest of mankind.

It was for that reason that Canada was instrumental in convening the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Species.

A problem of interpretation is presented with regard to disputes over certain species of fish such as highly migratory species and straddling stocks, which are sometimes inside the 200 mile limit and sometimes beyond.

45. A problem concerning highly migratory species was the disagreement of some States with the proposition that such species were subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the coastal State while present within its EEZ.

Parties to the Convention that are range States for a migratory species have the obligation of taking individually or in cooperation appropriate and necessary steps to conserve such species and their habitat (article II, para.

Protection The European golden plover is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Evaluates administrative arrangements for the secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and its co located agreement secretariats.

Off West Africa, highly migratory species are dealt with principally within the framework of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

In conclusion, she invited delegations to attend the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species shortly to be held in Nairobi.

In addition, increased high seas fishing activity has affected fisheries falling under coastal State jurisdiction, especially with regard to straddling stocks and highly migratory species.

79 quot Global Fish and Shellfish Production in 1992 quot quot World Review of High Seas and Highly Migratory Fish Species and Straddling Stocks quot .

They are often related to major existing conventions such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Waterfowl Habitat.