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Objectives  
The main objective of the Commission is to harmonize the long-term policies of member States in the preservation, conservation and exploitation of the fisheries resources for the benefit of the respective populations.
Area of Competence  
Eastern Central Atlantic ocean off the coast of SRFC member countries  

SRFC zone of competence
Legal Framework  
The Convention for the Establishement of a Sub-Regional Commission on Fisheries was signed by Cape-Verde, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal in dakar, Senegal, on 29 March 1985. Guinea became a member of the Commission in 1987.

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