South Pacific Forum
Fisheries Agency Convention (1979), from the Center
for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) The Convention creates the South Pacific
Forum Fisheries Agency to establish a cooperative regime among South Pacific
states and distant-water fishing nations for the conservation and optimum
utilization of tuna and other highly migratory species in the region. The
parties to the Convention are Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands
(Kiribati), Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga,
Tuvalu, Western Samoa. Also available from the Wildlife
Committee, American Branch, International Law Association and from the Internet Guide to
International Fisheries Law
Nauru Agreement
concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Interest
(1982), from the Wildlife Committee, American Branch, International Law
Association. This Agreement seeks to coordinate control of foreign
vessels fishing for fish stocks common to the exclusive economic zones of
the parties to the Agreement: the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the
Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
Also available from the Internet Guide to
International
Fisheries Law
Fisheries Treaty between the Pacific Island Parties and the United States
of America (1987), from the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Also available from the Wildlife
Committee, American Branch, International Law Association and from the Internet Guide to
International
Fisheries Law . Implemented for the United States by the South Pacific
Tuna Act, below.
Convention for the
Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific
(including Protocols) (the Wellington Convention) (1989), from the Multilaterals
Project of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. The Convention prohibits large-scale
driftnet fishing between 10 degrees North latitude and 50 degrees South latitude
and 130 degrees East longitude and 120 degrees West longitude. The Parties
to the Convention are Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Tokelau, and the United
States. Also available from the Wildlife
Committee, American Branch, International Law Association and from the Internet Guide to
International Fisheries Law .
Niue
Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the
South Pacific Region (1992), from the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN) The Treaty provides for cooperation
in enforcing the fisheries laws and regulations of the Parties and in
developing agreed procedures for fisheries surveillance and law
enforcement. Also available from the Multilaterals
Project of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University,
from the Wildlife
Committee, American Branch, International Law Association, and from the Internet Guide to
International
Fisheries Law .
Federated States of
Micronesia Arrangement for Regional Fisheries Access (1994), from
the Wildlife Committee, American Branch, International Law Association. The arrangement is aimed at increasing economic benefits from the
exploitation of tuna in the Central and Western Pacific by promoting
greater participation by nationals of the Parties in fisheries and developing
the national fisheries industries of the Parties. Also available from the Internet Guide to
International Fisheries Law .
Convention on the Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
(2000), in the Library section of this web site. For developments
subsequent to the opening of the Convention for signature, see the summary of
the work of the Preparatory
Conference for the Establishment of the Commission for the Conservation
and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central
Pacific Ocean, from the Interim Secretariat of the Preparatory Conference.
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Convention
on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (1976), from the
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Convention
for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South
Pacific Region (the SPREP Convention) (1986), from the Center
for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). Also available
from the Multilaterals
Project of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Protocol
for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacfic Region by Dumping (1986),
from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Protocol
concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South
Pacific Region (1986), from the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Agreement
establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
(1993), from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
The Waigani Convention
to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and
Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of
Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (1995), from the
Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum.
