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Resolution on Fishing for Salmon on the High Seas (1992).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Marine fishes Monitoring International relations/cooperation Diadromous fish High seas Aquatic animals
Abstract

This Regulatory Measure of the Council of NASCO, concerned that (illegal) salmon fishery on the high seas by vessels which are registered in countries that are not Parties to the NASCO Convention is seriously undermining the conservation measures in force and is contrary to the objectives of the provisions of the NASCO Convention seeks to reinforce international cooperation to bring as much as possible such fisheries under NASCO control. Contracting Parties are required: to actively seek to encourage such non-contracting Parties fishing for salmon on the high seas in the North Atlantic to comply with the Protocol to the Convention; to transmit to the Secretary of NASCO information concerning sightings of fishing activities on the high seas of the North Atlantic which may undermine the conservation measures adopted by NASCO; to take appropriate measures for discouraging its nationals and to prohibit vessels owned by its nationals from engaging in any activity contrary to the provisions of the Convention; transmit to the Secretary of NASCO information concerning sightings of fishing activities on the high seas of the North Atlantic which may undermine the conservation measures adopted by NASCO. The Measures also sets out duties of the Secretary of NASCO.

Full text
English
Website
www.nasco.int