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Objectives  
The objective of the Organization is to contribute through consultation and cooperation to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks subject to the Convention taking into account the best scientific evidence available to it. The 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.
Convention Area  
Atlantic Ocean north of 36oN latitude throughout the species' migratory range.  

NASCO zone of competence
Legal Framework  
Established by the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, which was opened for signature in Reykjavik, Iceland from 2 March 1982 and entered into force on 10 October 1983.

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