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The main objective of the Agreement is to encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the economic and social welfare and advancement of the peoples of the South Pacific region. The Commission activities are not restricted to fisheries and also cover agriculture and plant protection, rural development, education health information and cultural changes.The Divisional goal for fisheries is to provide, at a regional level, information, advice and direct assistance to the Pacific Community through SPS memeber governments, either individually or collectively, in using living marine resources in the most productive and responsible manner. Activities include:- fisheries stock assessment (for both reef fisheries and highly migratory fish stocks)
- marine ecosystem research for reef and pelagic fisheries
- small scale tuna fisheries development support
- coastal fisheries management support
- fisheries information and databases within the area of competence
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| Area of Competence | | |
| Pacific Western Central - Part
Pacific Eastern Central - Part
SPC competence area
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| Legal Framework | | |
Established by the so-called Canberra Agreement signed by Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America in Canberra, Australia, on 6 Febryary 1947, entered into force on 29 July 1948, amended in 1952, 1954, 1964 and supplemented by Protocols of understanding in 1974 and 1976.  |
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