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Fisheries

• Agreement for the Establishment of a General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (1949)
  • The General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (1997 amended text)
  • Meetings of the GFCM
  • Scientific Advisory Committee Documents

• Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (1949)
  • Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (2003) ('Antigua Convention')

• Agreement Concerning Measures for the Protection of the Stocks of Deep-Sea Prawns (Pandalus borealis), European Lobsters (Homarus vulgaris), Norway Lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) and Crabs (Cancer pagurus) (1952)

• Convention (with annex) Concerning Fishing in the Waters of the Danube (1958)

• North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (1959)

• Convention Concerning Fishing in the Black Sea (1959)

• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and Belts (As amended) (1973)

• Protocol Amending The International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean (1978)

• Convention on Future Multilateral Co-Operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (1978)

• South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention (1979)

• Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Interest (1982)

• Agreement Instituting the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development (OLDEPESCA) (1982)

• Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean (1982)

• Protocol Amending the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (1984)

• Treaty Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Pacific Salmon (1985)
  • Pacific Salmon Treaty: Memorandum of Understanding (1999)

• Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (1987)

• Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific (1989)

• Convention on Fisheries Cooperation Among African States Bordering the Atlantic Ocean (1991)

• Western Indian Ocean Tuna Organisation Convention (1991)

• Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region (1992)

• Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (1993)

• Federated States of Micronesia Arrangement for Regional Fisheries Access (1994)

• Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources - Central Bering Sea (1994)

• (FAO) Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (1994)

• FAO, Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995)

• United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (1995)
  • Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (2001)

• Agreement Between The Government of Iceland, the Government of Norway and the Government of the Russia Federation Concerning Certain Aspects of Cooperation in the Area of Fisheries (1999)

• Lake Victoria Fisheries

• Council Resolution No. 1239/98, Laying Down Certain Technical Measures for Conservation of Fishery Resources [Driftnets]

• Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean (1992)

• Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean (2001)

• Agreement establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (2002)

• South African Development Community Protocol on Fisheries (2001)