OceanLaw On-Line Paper
No. 11, February 2002
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: Second Session
Michael
Lodge
Chief of the Office of Legal Affairs, International Seabed
Authority
Interim Secretary, Convention on the Conservation and Management of
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Abstract
The
second session of the Preparatory Conference for the Establishment the
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (PrepCon 2) took place
in Madang, Papua New Guinea from 25 February to 1 March 2002. This
report outlines the background to the second session and discusses the
progress made at that meeting.
