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"To enable Member Countries to manage, conserve and use the tuna resources in their Exclusive Economic Zones and beyond, through enhancing national capacity and strengthening regional solidarity". | Objectives | | |
The main objectives of the Agency are to:- collect, analyse, evaluate and disseminate to Parties relevant statistical and biological information with respect to the living marine resources of the region and in particular the highly migratory species
- collect and disseminate to Parties relevant information concerning management procedures, legislation and agreements adopted by other countries both within and beyond the region
- collect and disseminate to Parties relevant information on prices, shipping, processing and marketing of fish and fish products
- provide, on request, to any Party technical advice and information, assistance in the development of fisheries policies and negotiations, and assistance in the issue of licences, the collection of fees or in matters pertaining to surveillance and enforcement
- seek to establish working arrangements with relevant regional and international organisations, particularly the South Pacific Commission
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| Geographical Coverage | | |
There is no precise definition of FFA's area of competence by line of longitude and latitude. FFA's competence is exerted in the South Pacific region, and its geographical coverage coincides mainly with FAO Statistical areas 71 and 81.
Pacific Western Central
Pacific Eastern Central - Part
Pacific Southwest
FFA competence area
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| Legal Framework | | |
Established by the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention, signed in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 10 July 1979. The Convention entered into force on 9 August 1979.
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