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]
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ReferencesEdit
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 linksEdit
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
August 29, 2023
united, nations, fish, stocks, agreement, unfsa, otherwise, known, straddling, fish, stocks, agreement, formally, agreement, implementation, provisions, united, nations, convention, december, 1982, relating, conservation, management, straddling, fish, stocks, . 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 United Nations Fish Stocks AgreementSigned4 December 1995 4 December 1996LocationNew York City United States of AmericaEffective11 December 2001 1 Condition30 ratificationsSignatories59Parties91 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 Highly migratory fish is a term which has its origins in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea It refers to fish species which undertake ocean migrations and also have wide geographic distributions and usually denotes tuna and tuna like species shark marlin and swordfish Straddling fish stocks are especially vulnerable to overexploitation because of ineffective management regimes and noncompliance by fishing interests citation needed Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksSee also Edit Wikisource has original text related to this article United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement Fisheries management Admiralty lawNotes Edit a b Overview Convention amp Related Agreements a b Chronological lists of ratifications of Retrieved 23 July 2012 References EditUnited 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 ConferenceExternal links EditProcedural history and related documents on the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement amp oldid 1161315598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
