This capacity assessment summarises the existing capacity of the Nairobi Convention Secretariat and member countries of the Nairobi Convention to undertake area based planning in ABNJ. This includes their collective capacity to work within existing frameworks and with the competent bodies operating in ABNJ. It is based on the capacity assessment session run at the ABNJ GEF workshop in Mahe, Seychelles 13 – 14th October 2016. 

Connectivity can be defined as the physical or ecological conditions that allow living organisms and non-living material to move between, or influence, habitats, species populations or assemblages that are intermittently isolated in space or time. This document provides an introduction to two forms of connectivity, functional and structural, and discusses these in terms of transboundary considerations. There are a number of other forms of connectivity, such as genetic connectivity, all of which are interlinked within the ocean system and can be transboundary in nature and vary in scale across the ocean. This presents an important challenges to planning (and management) processes, including regional-scale planning processes such as Regional Sea Programmes. This document therefore provides an introduction to connectivity in the marine environment in a spatial planning context. Through this, the first steps are taken in terms of in helping states assess the relevance of the ABNJ in their planning processes.

The main objective of this review is to examine a number of area-based planning tools and identify key features that enable them to be used for cross-sectoral area-based planning in support of the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in ABNJ. The tools examined will include those that already exist within national jurisdiction and those only occurring in ABNJ. Ultimately, the review is seeking to provide an indication as to how area-based planning tools can support— or are already supporting— cross-sectoral planning. The results of this review will be used to guide the development of a dedicated area-based planning methodology to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives in marine ABNJ.

En mars 2017, le Réseau conformité thon (TCN) a été mis en place pour faciliter la communication et la coopération entre les responsables de l’application et les experts en Suivi, contrôle et surveillance (SCS). Son principal objectif est de mettre en commun les meilleures pratiques d’application de MCG associées principalement aux ORGP thonières afin de contribuer à la lutte contre la pêche illégale, non déclarée et non réglementée (INN) dans les pêcheries thonières. 

La Red de cumplimiento sobre los túnidos (Tuna Compliance Network o TCN, en inglés) se creó en marzo de 2017 con el fin de facilitar la comunicación y la cooperación entre los oficiales responsables de cumplimiento así como con expertos en Seguimiento, Control y Vigilancia (MCV). Su objetivo principal es favorecer el intercambio de información sobre mejores prácticas en los procedimientos de control del cumplimiento principalmente en las OROP de túnidos, y de esta manera contribuir a la lucha contra la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada (INDNR) en las pesquerías del atún.