APPENDIX : INTERNATIONAL BODIES
Date
and auspices
Name of body
Headquarters
established
Area of competence
International
Copenhagen,
1902 Conference
Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas
Council for the
Denmark
(now 1964
(but with particular reference t o the
Exploration of
Convention)
North Atlantic)
the Sea (I.C.E.S.)
International
Monaco
Commission for
the Scientific
Exploration of
the Mediterranean
(I.C.S.E.M.)
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191 9 Conference
Mediterranean Sea and adjacent
waters
International
Seattle,
Pacific Halibut
Washington,
Commission
U.S.A.
(I.P.H.C.)
1923 Convention
(now 1953
Convention)
U.S.A., including southern and
Territorial sea of members and high
seas off western coasts of Canada and
western coasts of Alaska
International
New
1930 Convention
Fraser River and its tributaries ;
Pacific Salmon
Westminster,
and Protocols of
territorial sea and high seas o f f the
Fisheries
British
1937 and 1956
estuary
Commission
Columbia,
(I.P.S.F.C.)
Canada
_ _ _ _ _ ~
International
London, 1J.K.
1946 Convention
All waters in which whaling is
Whaling
and Protocol of
prosecuted by factory ships, land
Commission
1956
stations and whale catchers under
(I.W.C.)
the jurisdiction of members
(Note. This table is based on information available at l!vi/67)
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