United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
Signed | 4 December 1995 – 4 December 1996 |
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Location | United States of America |
Effective | 11 December 2001[1] |
Condition | 30 ratifications |
Signatories | 59 |
Parties | 91[2] |
The United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA), otherwise known as the Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement (formally, the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks) is a multilateral treaty created by the United Nations to enhance the cooperative management of fisheries resources that span wide areas, and are of economic and environmental concern to a number of nations. As of December 2016, the treaty had been ratified by 91 parties, which includes 90 states and the European Union.[2]
Straddling stock are fish stocks that migrate through, or occur in, more than one exclusive economic zone. The Agreement was adopted in 1995, and came into force in 2001.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Overview - Convention & Related Agreements
- ^ a b "Chronological lists of ratifications of". Retrieved 23 July 2012.
References
- United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
- The Quest for Sustainable International FisheriesRegional Efforts to Implement the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement: An Overview for the May 2006 Review Conference
External links
- Procedural history and related documents on the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law