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18th Apr 13
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Links - International / intergovernmental
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Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC)
is an FAO Regional Fishery Body that acts as consultative forum working in partnership with other regional organisations and arrangements and members. It provides advice, coordinates activities and acts as an information broker to increase knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia Pacific region, to underpin decision making.
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Atlantic Africa Fisheries Conference (COMHAFAT)
The key objective of COMHAFAT is to promote an active and organized cooperation in the area of fisheries management and development in the eastern and south eastern Atlantic Africa coastal region. COMHAFAT members include: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Cte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Morocco, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
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Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)
The aim of the CRFM is to "promote sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture resources in and among Member States, by development, management and conservation of these resources in collaboration with stakeholders to benefit the people of the Caribbean region." Membership is open to all CARICOM (Caribbean Community) members.
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CFP-reformwatch.eu
The CFP-reformwatch.eu website is an initiative of Swedish MEP Isabella Lvin, member of the Green group in the European Parliament. Mrs Lvin is also a full member of the Fisheries Committee, a substitute member of the Development Committee, and vice-chair of the Intergroup Seas and Coastal areas.
The aim of this site is to provide easy access to information on the ongoing reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in order to facilitate news reporting as well as stakeholder involvement.
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CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
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The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution
The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (the Black Sea Commission or BSC) via its Permanent Secretariat is the intergovernmental body established in implementation of the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention), its Protocols and the Strategic Action Plan for the Environmental Protection and Rehabilitation of the Black Sea.
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Committee on Fisheries (COFI), FAO
The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), a subsidiary body of the FAO Council, was established by the FAO Conference in 1965. The Committee constitutes the only global inter-governmental forum where major international fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are examined and recommendations addressed to governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs, fishworkers, FAO and international community, periodically on a world-wide basis. COFI has also been used as a forum in which global agreements and non-binding instruments were negotiated.
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Coral Triangle Initiative On Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security
The Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) is centered around high-level political commitments and proactive implementation by governments of the Coral Triangle area. It is supported by the private sector, international agencies and NGO partners. CTI aims ot provide a major contribution toward safeguarding the region’s marine and coastal biological resources for the sustainable growth and prosperity of current and future generations. The countries involved in CTI are Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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EU Community Fisheries Control Agency
The Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) is a European Union body established in 2005 to organise operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States and to assist them to cooperate so as to comply with the rules of the Common EU Fisheries Policy in order to ensure its effective and uniform application. CFCA has its official seat in Vigo, Spain.
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European Union: Combating illegal fishing
The link above takes you to information on the European Commission's approach to combating illegal fishing and information on the EC Regulation to combat IUU fishing, which comes into force in January 2010. Click here for the EU Fisheries and Maritime Affairs home page.
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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO leads international efforts to combat hunger. It acts as a neutral forum where nations can negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO helps developing countries and countries in transition to improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices. The link above takes you to the FAO Fisheries home page.
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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a Tool for Fisheries Management
This web site is part of the programme implemented by FAO for a better understanding of the contribution of MPAs to fisheries management, and the identification and promotion of best practices and integrated approaches to MPAs. A set of current issues regarding the use of MPAs as a tool for fisheries management is introduced, including links to external internet resources of interest. A specific section presents the guidelines being prepared by FAO, on the design, implementation and testing of MPAs.
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Forum Fisheries Agency (Pacific Islands)
The FFA is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management and development advice and services to member countries. FFA was formed 26 years ago under an international convention and is based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
The FFA Trade Briefing can be accessed here.
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GLOBEFISH
GLOBEFISH is the unit in the FAO Fisheries Department responsible for information on international fish trade. The core of GLOBEFISH is the GLOBEFISH Databank. GLOBEFISH produces a number of publications including fish price reports (European Fish Price Report), market studies (GLOBEFISH Research Programme) and trend analysis (GLOBEFISH Highlights). GLOBEFISH is jointly financed by FAO and GLOBEFISH Partners.
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High Seas Task Force
A group of fisheries ministers and international NGOs working together to develop an action plan designed to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing on the high seas. Launched in 2003, the Task Force produced its final report in March 2006.
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International Maritime Organisation
The IMO is a specialised agency of the UN, with 167 member states. It held its first meeting in 1959 and since then its main task has been to develop and maintain a regulatory framework for shipping, including safety, environmental issues, legal matters, technical cooperation, maritime security and the efficiency of shipping.
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International MCS Network
International monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) network for fisheries-related activities
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International Transport Workers‘ Federation (ITF)
The International Transport Workers‘ Federation (ITF) is an international trade union federation of transport workers‘ unions and represents the interests of transport workers‘ unions in bodies which take decisions affecting jobs, employment conditions or safety in the transport industry. ITF‘s Fisheries Section is becoming an important part of the organisation‘s activities as a result of the exploitative practices experienced on board fishing vessels.
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Long Distance Fleet Regional Advisory Council (LDRAC)
LDRAC advises the European Commission on questions concerning Fisheries Agreements with third countries and relations with the Regional Fisheries Organisations (RFOs) of which the EU is a signatory or a partner or in whose waters the Community fleet operates.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD believes that the effective and sustainable management of fisheries resources is ciritical. The link takes you to the OECD Fisheries home page. In the Publications / Documents section there is information on relevant meetings and workshops and accompanying documentation. Click here for the section on the Independent Panel to Develop a 'Model' RFMO.
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OSPAR
OSPAR is the mechanism by which fifteen Governments of the western coasts and catchments of Europe, together with the European Community, cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping. It was broadened to cover land-based sources and the offshore industry by the Paris Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-dated and extended by the 1992 OSPAR Convention. The new annex on biodiversity and ecosystems was adopted in 1998 to cover non-polluting human activities that can adversely affect the sea.
The fifteen Governments are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
The 1992 OSPAR Convention is the current instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It combined and up-dated the 1972 Oslo Convention on dumping waste at sea and the 1974 Paris Convention on land-based sources of marine pollution. Work under the convention is managed by the OSPAR Commission, made up of representatives of the governments of 15 contracting parties and the European Commission, representing the European Community.
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Partnership for African Fisheries
The Partnership for African Fisheries is a programme of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), with substantial funding from the UK Department for International Development. It starts from the premise that Africa needs to change the way in which it fishes and will work to ensure that fisheries policy reform is based on sound and well thought through advice that will lead to meaningful actions and positive changes. It will do this by stimulating an open debate - a 'think-tank' process for knowledge exchange between African and international partners that will improve awareness both ways across the table.
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Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Oceanic Fisheries Programme
The Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP) aims to provide member countries with the scientific information and advice necessary to rationally manage fisheries exploiting the region‘s resources of tuna, billfish and related species.
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Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDC)
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1967 for the purpose of promoting sustainable fisheries development in the region. Its current Member Countries are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. SEAFDEC undertakes research on appropriate fishery technologies, trains fisheries technicians, and disseminates fisheries information.
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UN Atlas of the Oceans
The Atlas is an information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability. Click on the link for the page on IUU fishing and related issues.
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United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea
The Division serves as the secretariat of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and provides information, advice and assistance to states with a view to promoting better understanding of the Convention and related agreements, their wider acceptance, uniform and consistent application and effective implementation.
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas Programme
The Regional Seas Programme aims to address the accelerating degradation of the world’s oceans and coastal areas through the sustainable management and use of the marine and coastal environment, by engaging neighbouring countries in comprehensive and specific actions to protect their shared marine environment. It has accomplished this by stimulating the creation of Regional Seas programmes prescriptions for sound environmental management to be coordinated and implemented by countries sharing a common body of water.
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World Bank
The above link takes you to the World Bank Fisheries and Aquaculture home page.
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