Fisheries Off the Coast of the United States - Agreement between the United States of America and the European Economic Community Document type Bilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Oct 1, 1984 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-152100) Language English, Danish, German, Greek, French, Italian, Dutch Subject Fisheries Keyword Access right Data collection/reporting International organization Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation International agreement-text Total allowable catch Fishing licence Dispute settlement Enforcement/compliance Research Foreign fishing Abstract The purpose of this Agreement is to promote effective conservation, rational management and the achievement of optimum yield in the fisheries of mutual interests off the coast of the United States, to facilitate rapid and full development of the United States Fishing Industry and to establish a common understanding of the principles and procedures under which fishing may be conducted by nationals and vessels of the member States of the Community for living resources over which the United States has sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve and manage (art. I). In article II terms such as "living resources over which the United States has sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve and manage", "fishery", "fishing", and "highly migratory species" are defined. Under article III the United States shall determine, inter alia, for each year, the total allowable catch for each fishery and the allocation of a portion to the Community. In determining the "surplus' that may be made available to the Community, the Government of the United States will decide on basis of factors identified in the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act and outlined in article IV. Remaining articles deal with matters such as measures of compliance by the Community (VI), applications for fishing in the EEZ (art. VII), protection of marine mammals (VIII), control on conduct of member State vessels by the Community (IX), enforcement (X), action in case of violation (XI), scientific research (XII), etc. (19 articles) Full text Other Website europa.eu.int Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force European Union - United States of America - reset zoom out zoom in References - Treaties Amended by Agreement in the form of exchange of notes on the further extension of, and amendments to, the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Economic Community concerning fishing off the coast of the United States Treaty | Bilateral | Jun 10, 1991 Keyword: Access right, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing gear/fishing method, International agreement-text, Total allowable catch, Foreign fishing Source: FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-152103) Agreement in the form of exchange of notes on the further extension of, and amendments to, the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Economic Community concerning fishing off the coast of the Unietd States Treaty | Bilateral | Washington | Feb 27, 1989 Keyword: Access right, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Exploration, International agreement-text, Total allowable catch, Fishing licence, Research, Foreign fishing Source: FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-152106)