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Objectives  
The main objectives of the Convention are:
  • to determine a concerted attitude towards the activities of foreign fishing vessels and to give priority to the needs of the fishing vessels originating from member countries;
  • to harmonize Members national regulations with a view to having a unified regulation fixing the conditions of fishing and the control of fishing operations in the area covered by the Convention;
  • to collect the maximum scientific, technical and economic data on fishing operations.
Convention Area  
Gulf of Guinea  

COREP zone of competence
Legal Framework  
Established by the Convention Concerning the Regional Development of Fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea, signed at Libreville, Gabon, on 21 June 1984.
The Convention has not yet entered into force.