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Body |
Establishment |
Headquarters |
Membership |
Area of Competence |
Main Functions |
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ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS |
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CECAF Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic |
1967 Resolution of FAO Council (under Article VI-2 of FAO Constitution) |
Accra, Ghana |
Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep), Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, EC, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Togo, USA, Zaire. |
Eastern Central Atlantic between Cape Spartel and the Congo River |
To promote programmes of development for the rational utilization of fishery resources; to assist in establishing basis for regulatory measures; to encourage training. |
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COREP Comité régional des pêches du Golfe de Guinée |
1984 International Convention |
Libreville, Gabon |
Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé et Principe, Zaire. |
Central and southern Gulf of Guinea |
Coordination, harmonization of policies on development and exploitation of shared stocks found within EEZ of Member States. |
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COFREMAR Joint Technical Commission for the Argentina/Uruguay Maritime Front |
1974 International Agreement |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
Argentina, Uruguay |
South Atlantic |
To adopt and coordinate plans and measures relevant to conservation, preservation and the rational exploitation of living resources and the protection of the maritime environment in the common fishing zone. |
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GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
1949 International Agreement under aegis of FAO (Article XIV of FAO Constitution) |
Rome, Italy |
Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, European Union, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey. |
Mediterranean, adjacent waters, the Black sea and the Azov Sea |
To promote the development, conservation and management of living marine resources; to formulate and recommend conservation measures; to encourage training cooperative projects |
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IBSFC International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission |
1973 International Convention |
Warsaw, Poland |
Estonia, EC, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation |
Baltic Sea and the Belts |
To keep the fisheries under review; to coordinate scientific research; to recommend regulatory measures including catch quotas and enforcement schemes |
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ICCAT International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas |
1966 International Convention |
Madrid, Spain |
Algeria, Angola, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea, European Community, France (St. Pierre and Miquelon), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Honduras, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Panama, Russia, Sao Tomé and Principe, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom (Overseas Territories), United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. |
Atlantic Ocean including the adjacent seas |
To study the population of tuna and tuna-like fishes; to make recommendations designed to maintain these populations at levels permitting maximum sustainable catch. |
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NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
1978 International Convention |
Dartmouth, NS, Canada |
Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, (for Faroe Islands and Greenland), EC, Estonia, Iceland, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, USA. |
Northwest Atlantic Ocean |
To contribute to the optimum utilization and rational management and conservation of the fishery resources. |
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NASCO North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization |
1982 International Convention |
Edinburgh, UK |
Canada, Denmark (for Faroe Islands and Greenland), European Union, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, USA |
Atlantic Ocean north of 36°N latitude |
To promote the acquisition analysis and dissemination of scientific information pertaining to salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean; to promote the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean through international cooperation. |
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NEAFC North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission |
1980 International Convention |
London, UK |
Bulgaria, Denmark (for Faroe Islands and Greenland), EC, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation. |
Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
To provide a forum for consultation and exchange of information on the state of fisheries resources in the Northeast Atlantic, and on related management policies to ensure the conservation and optimum utilization of such resources; and to recommend conservation measures in waters outside national jurisdiction. |
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SEAFO South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization |
2001 International Convention signed |
Windhoek, Namibia |
Signatory members are: Republic of Angola, Republic of Namibia, Republic of South Africa, UK on behalf of St. Helena, EC, Republic of Korea, The Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Iceland and USA. |
South East Atlantic Ocean |
To ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources in the Convention Area through the effective implementation of the Convention. |
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SRCF (CSRP) Commission sous-régionale des pêches |
1985 International Convention |
Dakar, Senegal |
Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal. |
N.W. Africa (Mauritania to Guinea including Cape Verde) |
To facilitate harmonization of policies concerning the preservation, conservation and exploitation of fisheries resources, cooperation among the countries with a view to deriving maximum benefit from the resources for their populations. |
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WECAFC Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission |
1973 Resolution of FAO Council (under Article VI-1 of FAO Constitution) |
FAO sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean (SLAC), Bridgetown, Barbados |
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, European Community, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA, Venezuela |
Western Central Atlantic Ocean |
To facilitate the coordination of research; to encourage education and training; to assist Member Governments in establishing rational policies, to promote the rational management of resources that are of interest for two or more countries. |
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INDIAN OCEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC AREA |
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APFIC Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
1948 International Agreement under aegis of FAO (Article XIV of FAO Consitution) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Australia, Bangladesh, China (People’s Republic of), Cambodia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, USA, Viet Nam. |
Indo-Pacific area (including inland waters) |
To promote the full and proper utilization of living aquatic resources by the development and management of fishing and culture operations and by the development of related processing and marketing activities in conformity with the objectives of its members. |
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IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
1993 International Agreement under aegis of FAO (Article XIV of FAO Constitution) |
Victoria, Seychelles |
Australia, People’s Republic of China, Comoros, Eritrea, EC, France, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, UK.. |
Indian Ocean and adjacent seas north of the Antarctic Convergence |
To promote cooperation in the conservation of tuna and tuna-like species and also promote their optimum utilization, and the sustainable development of the fisheries. |
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RECOFI Regional Commission for Fisheries |
1999 under aegis of FAO Council |
Cairo, Egypt |
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates |
The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman |
To promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living marine resources as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Area of the Commission.. |
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SEAFDEC Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center |
1967 Agreement Establishing the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam |
Southeast Asian region |
Promote sustainable development of fisheries in the Southeast Asian region through research, training and information dissemination. |
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WIOTO Western Indian Ocean Tuna Organization |
1991 International Convention |
Mahé, Seychelles |
Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, India |
Western Indian Ocean |
To harmonize policies with respect to fisheries; to determine relations with distant water fishing nations; to establish mechanism for fisheries surveillance and enforcement; to cooperate for fisheries development; to coordinate access to EEZs of the members. |
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PACIFIC OCEAN |
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CPPS Permanent South Pacific Commission |
1952 International Convention |
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. |
South Pacific (East) |
(i) To determine protected species; open and closed seasons and areas of sea; fishing and hunting times, methods and equipment; prohibited gear and methods; and to lay down general regulations for hunting and fishing,(ii) to study and propose to the Parties such measures as it considers suitable for the protection, defence, conservation and use of marine resources,(iii) to encourage scientific and technical study of and research into biological phenomena in the South Pacific, and(iv) to prepare general statistics of the industrial use of marine resources by the Parties, and to suggest protective measures based on the study thereof. |
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FFA South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency |
1979 International Convention |
Honiara, Solomon Islands |
Australia, Cook Islands, Fed. States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa. |
South Pacific (Central and West) |
To harmonize fishery management policies; to facilitate cooperation in surveillance and enforcement, processing, marketing and relations with third countries; to arrange for reciprocal access by member countries to their respective 200-mile zones. |
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IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission |
1949 International Convention |
La Jolla, California, USA |
Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador France, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, USA, Vanuatu and Venezuela. |
Eastern Pacific Ocean |
To gather and interpret information on tuna; to conduct scientific investigation; to recommend proposals for joint action for conservation. |
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IPHC International Pacific Halibut Commission |
1953 International Convention |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
Canada, USA |
North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea |
To coordinate scientific studies relating to the biology, population dynamics and fishery of Pacific halibut; to formulate regulations designed to develop the stocks of Pacific halibut to those levels which will permit optimum yield. |
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NPAFC North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission |
1993 International Convention |
Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Canada, Japan, Russian Federation, USA |
North Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas north of 33°N |
To recommend to the Parties measures for the conservation of anadromous stocks and ecologically related species in the Convention area; to promote the exchange of information on any activities contrary to the provisions of the Convention; to review and evaluate enforcement actions taken by the Parties; and to promote the exchange of catch and effort information and provide a forum for cooperation among the Parties with respect to anadromous stocks and ecologically related species. |
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PSC Pacific Salmon Commission |
1985 International Convention |
Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Canada, USA |
Northwest Pacific |
To prevent overfishing and provide for optimum production and to provide for each country to receive benefits equivalent to the production of salmon originating in its waters. |
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SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
1948 International Agreement |
Noumea, New Caledonia |
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcarin Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokclau, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK, USA, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna |
South Pacific South of the Equator |
To provide a regional service which provides information, advice and direct assistance to the Pacific Community through SPC member governments, either individually or collectively, in using living marine resources in the most productive and responsible manner possible, in particular through fisheries stock assessment, marine ecosystem research, small-scale tuna fisheries development support, coastal fisheries management support and fisheries information and databases throughout the area of competence. |
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TRANS-OCEAN |
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CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
1980 International Convention |
Hobart, Australia |
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, EC, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea (Rep.of), Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, USA, Uruguay. |
Antarctic Ocean |
To ensure that all harvesting and research activities are conducted in accordance with the objectives of the Convention; to formulate, adopt and revise conservation measures; to compile, analyze and disseminate information on the status of resources and to facilitate research activities. |
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CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
1994 International Convention |
Canberra, Australia |
Australia, Japan, New Zealand |
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans where SBT are found |
To collect, analyse, and interpret scientific and other relevant information on SBT, to adopt conservation and managment measures including the total allowable catch and its alloction among the Members. |
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OLDEPESCA Latin American Organization for the Development of Fisheries |
1984 International Convention |
Lima, Peru |
Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela. |
Oceans bordering Latin America |
To provide adequately for the food needs of Latin America and Caribbean, using the potential of fishery resources for the benefit of the people in the region. |
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INLAND |
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CIFA Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa |
1971 Resolution of FAO Council (under Article VI-2 of FAO Constitution) |
Accra, Ghana |
Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gagon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Inland waters of member countries |
To promote, coordinate and assist national and regional fishery surveys and research and development programmes designed to rationally utilize inland fishery resources; to assist members in establishing the scientific basis for regulatory and other measures; to assist in the development of fish culture and stock improvement; to promote the use of the most effective fishing craft, gear and techniques; to encourage education and training; to assist members in formulating programmes to help achieve the objectives referred to in the statues. |
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COPESCAL Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America |
1976 Resolution of FAO Council (under Article Article VI.1 of FAO Constitution) |
Santiago, Chile |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela |
Inland waters of member countries |
Advisory on: research, development, fisheries resource conservation and management, processing and trade, aquaculture and stock improvement, control of fish diseases, craft, gear and fishing techniques, training, statistics, programming and planning formulation. |
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EIFAC European Inland Advisory Fisheries Commission |
1957 Resolution of FAO Council (under Article VI-1 of FAO Constitution) |
Rome, Italy |
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Community, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK |
European inland waters |
Advice to member Governments on the management of inland fisheries and aquaculture; forum for collaboration and information exchange |
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LVFO Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (cont’d) |
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(g) Serve as clearing-house and data bank for information on Lake Victoria fisheries and promote the dissemination of information, without prejudice to industrial property rights, by any appropriate form of publication; (h) In respect of any or all of the foregoing, adopt budgets, seek funding, formulate plans for financial management and allocate funds to activities of the Organization, or such activities of the Contracting Parties as it may determine to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Convention; and(i) Undertake such other functions as it may determine to be necessary or desirable in order to achieve the purposes of the Convention. |
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MRC Mekong River Commission |
1995 |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam |
Mekong River Basin |
To promote and co-ordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for the countries’ mutual benefit and the people’s well-being by implementing strategic programmes and activities and providing scientific information and policy advice. |
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MARINE MAMMALS |
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IWC International Whaling Commission |
1946 International Convention |
Cambridge (UK) |
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Grenada, Republic of Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Republic of Palau, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA. |
All waters in which whaling is carried out and land stations |
To encourage or organize studies relating to whales; to collect and analyze information; to adopt regulations with respect to the conservation and utilization of whale resources. |
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NAMMCO North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission |
1992 International Convention |
Tromsø, Norway |
Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway |
North Atlantic |
To co-operate on conservation, management and study of marine mammals in the North Atlantic. For the Management Committees, to provide recommendations to the NAMMCO Council concerning scientific research, and to propose to its members specific management measures which generally pertain to a single stock or species. |
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RESEARCH |
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ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
1902 International Convention |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK, and USA. Affiliate countries, through named institutes, are: Australia (CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart), Chile (Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Valparaiso), Greece (Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Heraklion), New Zealand (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington), Peru (Instituto del Mar del Peru, Callao) and South Africa (Institute of Marine and Coastal Management, Cape Town). |
Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas with particular reference to the North Atlantic |
To promote and encourage research and investigation on the seas, particularly those related to the living resources thereof; to draw up programmes required for this purpose; to publish or otherwise disseminate the result of research and investigation. |
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PICES North Pacific Marine Science Organization |
1992 |
Sydney, B.C., Canada |
Canada, Japan, China (People’s Rep. of), Korea (Rep. of), Russian Federation, USA |
North Pacific and adjacent Seas |
To promote and coordinate marine scientific research in order to advance scientific knowlodge of the area concerned and of its living resources and to promote the collection and echange of information and data related to marine scientific research in its area of competence. |
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OTHER |
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CWP Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics |
1959 Resolution of FAO Conference (under Article VI-2 of FAO Constitution) |
Rome, Italy |
Consists of International Organizations: CCAMLR, FAO, ICCAT, ICES, NASCO, NAFO, OECD, EC (EUROSTAT) |
All oceans |
To keep under continuous review requirements for fishery statistics for purposes of research, policy-making, management, aqua standard concepts, definitions, classifications/methodologies for collection/collation of fishery statistics. |
