1998 Year of the Ocean A Survey of International Agreements 



Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, 1979; 

 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (Title II of P.L.104-43) 



The mission of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization is twofold: 



(1) to provide for continued multilateral consultation and cooperation with respect to the 

 study, appraisal, and exchange of scientific information and views relating to the 

 fisheries of the Convention Area (which is off the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the 

 United States, from the Virginia Capes to the southern tip of Greenland), and 



(2) to conserve and manage fishery resources of the Regulatory Area, i.e., that part of the 

 Convention Area that lies beyond the areas over which coastal states exercise 

 fisheries jurisdiction. 



The Convention applies to all fishery resources except salmon, tunas, swordfish, marlins, 

 cetacean stocks managed by the International Whaling Commission, and sedentary species of the 

 continental shelf Parties include Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, the European 

 Union, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, the 

 Russian Federation and the United States. 



Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1982; 

 Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 3601) 



This Convention applies to the salmon stocks which migrate beyond areas of fisheries 

 jurisdiction of coastal states of the Atlantic Ocean north of 36°N latitude throughout their 

 migratory range. The purpose of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is: (1) to 

 promote the acquisition, analysis, and dissemination of scientific information pertaining to 

 salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean, and (2) to promote the conservation, restoration, 

 enhancement, and rational management of salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean through 

 international cooperation. Members include Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, 

 Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the United States, and the Russian Federation. 



Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government 



of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985; 

 Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3631) 



The mission of the Pacific Salmon Commission is to serve as a forum for cooperation 

 between the United States and Canada in the establishment of general fishery management 

 regimes for the international conservation and harvest sharing of intermingling North Pacific 

 salmon stocks. 



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