S.H. Marashi
Consultant
International Institutions and Liaison Service
FAO Fisheries Department
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1996
This Circular was prepared within the framework of the Regular Programme as part of on-going activities of the FAO International Institutions and Liaison Service (FIPL) aimed at providing information on activities of regional fishery bodies.
| Marashi, S.H. Summary Information on the Role of International Fishery and Other Bodies with Regard to the Conservation and Management of Living Resources of the High Seas. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 908, Rome, FAO. 1996. 104p. ABSTRACTThe present Circular provides summary information on the role of the international fishery bodies with regard to the conservation and management of living resources of the high seas. It describes 35 fisheries organizations throughout the world. For each body, information on the establishment, area of competence, species covered, membership and objectives and activities is given. Whenever possible, maps showing their area of competence are provided. In part one, a comprehensive account of the recent developments on high seas fisheries is included since these developments will have profound influence on the future role of these bodies. In addition, a brief review of the fisheries in each region, based on FAO Statistical Areas, is given to show the relation between the fisheries of various regions and the work of each regional fishery body. |
A number of recent developments in the world of fisheries namely the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992, the Rome Consensus on World Fisheries adopted by the FAO Ministerial Conference on Fisheries held in Rome in March 1995 and the 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 adopted in New York in December 1995 stressed the importance of cooperation for conservation and management of fish stocks through sub-regional and regional fisheries organizations and arrangements.
The present document provides a comprehensive amount of information on the recent developments concerning the high seas fisheries as well as on fisheries organizations, their role and general activities. This document has its origin in FAO Fisheries Circular No. 835 Rev.1 "Summary Information on the Role of International Fishery Bodies with Regard to the Conservation and Management of Living Resources of the High Seas" prepared by Mr M.J. Savini in 1991. Detailed description of the activities of fisheries organizations are periodically updated and published in FAO Fisheries Circular No. 807.
Dr Y. Kato
Director
Fishery Policy and Planning Division
I. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH SEAS FISHERIES
I.2 FAO WORLD CONFERENCE ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
II. ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
II.1 A BRIEF REVIEW OF MAJOR FISHING AREAS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
II.1.2 Northeast Atlantic (Area 27)
II.1.3 Western Central Atlantic (Area 31)
II.1.4 Eastern Central Atlantic (Area 34)
II.1.5 Mediterranean and Black Sea (Area 37)
II.2 REGIONAL FISHERY BODIES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
II.2.1 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
II.2.3 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
II.2.4 North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
II.2.5 International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission (IBSFC)
II.2.6 General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
II.2.7 Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)
II.2.11 Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)
II.2.12 Regional Fisheries Advisory Commission for the Southwest Atlantic (CARPAS)
II.2.13 Joint Technical Commission for the Argentina/Uruguay Maritime Front (CTMFM)
II.2.14 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
II.2.15 International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries (ICSEAF)
III. INDIAN OCEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC AREA
III.1 A BRIEF REVIEW OF MAJOR FISHING AREAS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC AREA
III.2 REGIONAL FISHERY BODIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC AREA
III.2.1 Indian Ocean Fishery Commission (IOFC)
III.2.2 Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
IV.1 A BRIEF REVIEW OF MAJOR FISHING AREAS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
IV.1.3 Western Central Pacific (Area 71)
IV.1.4 Eastern Central Pacific (Area 77)
IV.1.5 Southwest Pacific (Area 81)
IV.2.1 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
IV.2.2 North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC)
IV.2.3 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
IV.2.4 Council of the Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing Agreement (CEPTFA)
IV.2.5 International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
IV.2.6 Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing Organization (OAPO)
IV.2.7 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
IV.2.8 Permanent South Pacific Commission/Commission permanente du Pacific Sud (CPPS)
V.2.2 Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
V.2.3 Latin American Organization for the Development of Fisheries (OLDEPESCA)
V.2.4 Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
V.2.5 Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP)
ANNEX II : Address, Phone and Fax Numbers of Fisheries Organizations