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Table 1.6 International and regional treaties, conventions and other agreements with a bearing on MPAs and the conservation of cetaceans
Name of treaty, convention, Main provisions and specific use in MPA creation For more information
agreement
Coverage
Ocean Sanctuaries, Marine Reserves or Parks? 43
ACCOBAMS – Agreement on the • Signed 1996, under the Bonn Convention (CMS), ACCOBAMS entered into force in 2001. • web: www.accobams.org;
Conservation of Cetaceans of It applies to coastal Mediterranean and Black Sea countries. www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/
the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea • Annex 1 lists the cetaceans of the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic Contiguous Area. • see Cetaceans of the
and Contiguous Atlantic Area • It specifically aims to establish a network of ‘specially protected areas to conserve cetaceans’. Mediterranean and Black Seas:
Mediterranean and Black Seas: • It prohibits the deliberate killing of cetaceans in national waters. State of Knowledge and
national waters (declared only to Conservation Strategies
12 nm) and high seas (web: www.accobams.mc/
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ASCOBANS – Agreement on • Signed 1991, under the Bonn Convention (CMS), ASCOBANS entered into force in 1994. • web: www.ascobans.org;
the Conservation of Small • It originally covered small cetaceans in the Baltic Sea and North Sea but it has been www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/
Cetaceans of the Baltic and extended to waters of Western Europe, including several non-signatory countries.
North Sea • MPAs are called ‘areas of special importance’ (ASI).
Baltic Sea and North Sea,
western European seas: to
EEZ limits
Barcelona Convention – • Established under UNEP in 1975, the Barcelona Convention was amended in 1995. The • web: www.unepmap.org
Convention for the Protection of ‘Mediterranean Action Plan’ (UNEP/MAP) applies to all Mediterranean coastal states.
the Marine Environment and
Littoral of the Mediterranean Sea
against Pollution
Mediterranean: national waters
(declared only to 12 nm) and
high seas