Link
to text of agreement
Status
of agreement
| Basic information |
| Date of adoption | October 1992 |
| Place of adoption | Suva, Fiji |
| Entry into force | 8 December 1995 |
| Authentic text(s) | English |
| Associated instruments | Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Interest |
| Summary of provisions |
Objectives
The general objective of the Arrangement is to ensure sustained conservation of living marine resources both within and beyond the exclusive economic zone. The specific objective of the Arrangement is to establish a system for limiting the level of purse seine fishing, in particular by distant-water fishing vessels, in the Arrangement Area.
Scope
- Material
All species of tuna and tuna-like species taken by purse seine vessels in the Arrangement Area.
- Geographic
The exclusive economic zones or fisheries zones of the parties including adjacent high seas areas in the Western Pacific within which purse seine vessels operate.
Organizational structure
The parties meet annually through a "Management Meeting" and the Forum Fisheries Agency provides assistance in implementing the arrangement.
| Description of agreement |
Text forthcoming.
| Further information and references |
- Internet sources
FFA website: www.ffa.int
- Bibliographic references
T. Aqorau, A. Bergin, 'Ocean Governance in the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery: The Palau Arrangement' (1997) 21 Marine Policy 173-186
M. Lodge, 'The Development of the Palau Arrangement for the Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery' (1998) 22 Marine Policy 1-28
- Additional treaty references
FAO, Regional Compendium of Fisheries Legislation (Western Pacific Region), June 1993, pp. 1697-1708