Strengthening Regional Fisheries Management Organisations.

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With the development and entry into force of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement in 1995, the international community made a commitment to strengthen Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), established to deal with the management of shared high seas resources. This study takes stock of the changes made in RFMOs, highlighting a gradual process of improvement that has translated into significant success stories. While there is no single recipe for this process, ensuring that the fundamental building blocks are in place to help create and maintain the economic and political mom.  Read more... Preliminaries CONTENTS Acronyms Executive summary Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Expanding membership in the commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna CCSBT Chapter 3 Strengthening the International Commission for the Conservation Of Atlantic Tunas ICCAT Chapter 4 Modernising the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission NEAFC Chapter 5 Updating the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Chapter 6 Strengthening RFMOS key insights from the case studies Annex Membership of the ten main high seas RFMOs and ratification of key instruments.