Institute of Marine Affairs Act. Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Legislation Date 1976 (1980) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, pp. 3-11. Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment, incorporation and administration of the Institute of Marine Affairs and for matters connected therewith. Subject Sea Keyword Institution Management/conservation International organization Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract The establishment of the Institute is based upon an Agreement between U.N. Agencies, other international organizations, and the Government of Trinidad of 6 May 1963 a plan of operation signed by UNDP and Trinidad on various dates in June 1974. (21 sections) Full text English