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Contents below:

     · 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA)

       · 2022 WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

         · Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) & regional fisheries bodies (RFBs)

           · UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)

1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA)

· Full title: 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

· Entered into force 11 December 2001

1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement

UNFSA @ UN Atlas of the Oceans

UNFSA @ FAO

UNFSA @ UNITAR

UNFSA @ Wikipedia


2022 WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies


Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) & Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs)

Regional Fishery Bodies @ FAO

     RFBs map viewer

          · This map-based database contains links to most global RFBs and RFMOs.

          · For an alphabetical listing of RFBs (by acronym), see the pull-down menu; here's a screenshot:


Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN)

What is a Regional Fishery Management Organization?

     · A very helpful overview from Pew


UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)

FAO home page

     · Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing

          International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU Fishing (IPOA-IUU)

   · Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)

          · Full title: Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported

              and Unregulated Fishing (2016)

     · Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels

     · Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes

     · Guidelines for the Marking of Fishing Gear

     · Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

          · Blue Growth Initiative

          · State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture

     · Fisheries statistics and information

     · GLOBEFISH - Information and Analysis on World Fish Trade

     · State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sofia report):


UN fisheries agreements & cooperation