The European Union is the latest signatory to the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, which will oversee regional regulation of fishery resources from western Australia to South America.
The EU signed the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources of the South Pacific Ocean on 26 July 2010.
When the convention enters into force, the gap that exists in the international conservation and management of non-highly migratory fisheries and protection of biodiversity in the marine environment extending from the most eastern part of the South Indian Ocean through the Pacific towards the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of South America will be closed.
The EU signed the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fishery Resources of the South Pacific Ocean on 26 July 2010.
When the convention enters into force, the gap that exists in the international conservation and management of non-highly migratory fisheries and protection of biodiversity in the marine environment extending from the most eastern part of the South Indian Ocean through the Pacific towards the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of South America will be closed.