Treaties: record details (return)
| Jurisdiction: | International |
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| Type of document: | Multilateral |
| Field of application: | Regional/restricted |
| Title (English): | Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific |
| Title (French): | Convention pour l'interdiction de la pêche au filet maillant dérivant de grande dimension dans le Pacifique Sud |
| Title (other language): | Abkommen über das Verbot der Fischerei mit Treibnetzen im Südpazifik |
| Date of document: | 24 November 1989 |
| Entry into force: | 17 May 1991 |
| Available in: | B7 p. 989:87 |
| Depository: | New Zealand |
| Place of adoption: | Wellington |
| Available web site: | www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-International-Law/01-Treaties-for-which-NZ-is-De... |
| Link to full text: | TRE001043.txt (English) |
| Number of pages: | 8 |
| Language of document: | English; French |
| Abstract: | Objectives: To restrict and prohibit the use of drift nets in the South Pacific region in order to conserve marine living resources Summary of provisions: (a) Each Party agrees to take measures not to encourage the use of drift nets by prohibiting their use and transhipment of catches, by drift net processing or import of products to and from drift net catches and possession of drift nets and by restricting access of vessels using drift nets to ports (art. 3); (b) Each Party is to take appropriate measures to ensure the application of the Convention and to cooperate in surveillance and enforcement measures (art. 4); (c) Cooperation between the Parties and with non-Parties to implement the Convention (arts. 5, 7and 8); (d) Establishment of the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency to coordinate the implementation of the Convention (arts. 1 and 6). (Source: UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 2005) |
| Subject(s): | Fisheries |
| Keyword(s): | fishery management and conservation; mesh; bycatch; fishing vessel; enforcement/compliance; data collection/reporting; marine fisheries; fishing gear/fishing method |
| Treaty ID number: | TRE-001043 |
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