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Page index The links on this page are related to the more general aspects of international fisheries law, such as the LOS Convention and the FAO Code of Conduct. Information on more specific aspects of international fisheries law are contained in parts 3 (transboundary fish stocks) and 4 (issues in fisheries management). This page also contains links to a number of sites which contain the texts of and information on fisheries and other international agreements.

  
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"Basic texts"

1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Text and summary on this website. For more links, see below.

1995 United Nations Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
Text and summary on this website. For more links, see Part 3.

1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Text and summary on this website. For more links, see next page.

1993 FAO Compliance Agreement
Text and summary on this website.

Law of the Sea Convention

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Text and summary on this website.

bulletChronological list of ratifications/accessions/successions
bulletDeclarations made upon signature/ratification/accession/succession
bulletChoice of procedure under article 287

United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Press Releases

United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process

bullet Background information

Selected documents

bullet Responsible Fisheries and Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fisheries: Moving from Principles to Implementation. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
A/AC.259/1 (Submission by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000)
bullet Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable use: implementing the ecosystem approach
A/AC.259/7 (Submitted by the delegation of Norway, 2003)
bullet The Need to Protect and Conserve Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
A/AC.259/8 (Submitted by the delegation of the Netherlands, 2003)
bullet Protection and conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction
A/AC.259/10 (Submitted by the delegation of Norway, 2003)

Reports of the Secretary-General on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

General Assembly resolutions on the law of the sea

bullet Other General Assembly documents
bullet Official Records of the General Assembly 

Meetings of States Parties to the Convention

bulletDocuments of the Meetings of States Parties to the Convention
bulletReports of the Meetings
bullet Press Releases relevant to the Meetings

International Law Commission
Information on the ILC and its work, including summaries of work completed on the following topics:

bullet Law of the sea - régime of the high seas
bullet Law of the sea - régime of the territorial sea

Council on Ocean Law
Various material on the LOS Convention and the US position regarding it.

Sustainable Development in the Oceans
An appraisal of progress on the implementation of the Rio Agreements and subsequent relevant UN Conferences.  The executive summary of this paper is readable on the Web and the full report is downloadable in RTF format.

Literature on-line

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions
A U.S. Congressional Research Service Report, describing the provisions of the Convention relating to living marine resources and discussing how these provisions comport with US marine policy.

Obligations to Protect Marine Ecosystems Under International Conventions and Other Legal Instruments  [pdf]
Paper by Transform Aqorau presented at the Reykjavik Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem October 2001.

International Perspective Upon Fisheries Policy
Paper given by the US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fisheries and Space at the Fifth North Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference, Alaska 1999.

Domestic and International Law of Fisheries in the SADC region
Lecture series produces by Rhode's University (SA). Includes:

- Historical Development of International Fisheries Law
- 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Recent Developments in International Fisheries Law

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FAO Code of Conduct

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