26 April 2005 establishing the EFCA
71 ; the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO), established by the NAMMCO Agreement (signed on 9 April
1992 and entered into force on 8 July 1992)
72 ; and the Joint Norwegian-Russian
Fisheries Commission (established to ensure efficient joint management of the
most important fish stocks of both States, in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian
Sea).
73
3.3.4 Latin America
In this region, there are several RFMOs or RFMAs to enhance regional cooperation:
the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) was established by
the Convention concerning the Establishment of the Permanent Commission of the
Conference on the Exploitation and Conservation of the Marine Resources of the
South Pacific adopted on 18 August 1952
74 ; the Joint Technical Commission of the
Maritime Front (CTMFM), established by the Agreement on the Plate River and
Ocean Areas Adjacent and Beyond the River of 19 November 1973 between
Argentina
75 ; the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development
(OLDEPESCA), established by the Agreement Instituting the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development, adopted on 29 October 1982
76 ; the Central
America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA), established by the
“Act of San Salvador” on 18 December 1995
77 ; and the Caribbean Regional
Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), established by the Agreement Establishing the
CRFM, signed on 4 February 2002.
78
71 See https://www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/legal-basis.
72 See https://nammco.no/topics/nammco-agreement. The text of the Agreement is available at
https://nammco.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nammco-agreement-with-signaturesand-logo.pdf.
73 See https://www.jointfish.com/index.php/eng.html.
74 The text of the Convention in Spanish is available at http://cpps.dyndns.info/consulta/
documentos/legal/convenios/conf_explot_riquezas_pacif_sur_1952.pdf. The objectives and activities of CPPS are explained at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/cpps/en.
75 The text of the Agreement in Spanish is available at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/cpps/en.
76 The text of the Agreement in English is available at https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/
Volume%201427/volume-1427-I-24116-English.pdf. The objectives and competence are
explained at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/oldepesca/en.
77 See http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/oldepesca/en; http://www.fisheries.gov.bz/ecosystem-manage
ment-unit/international-commitment/ospesca/ and https://www.sica.int/ospesca/ospesca.aspx?
ldEnt¼47.
78 See http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/crfm/en. The text of the Agreement is available at http://www.
sice.oas.org/Trade/CCME/fisheries_mechanism_e.pdf.
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71 ; the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO), established by the NAMMCO Agreement (signed on 9 April
1992 and entered into force on 8 July 1992)
72 ; and the Joint Norwegian-Russian
Fisheries Commission (established to ensure efficient joint management of the
most important fish stocks of both States, in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian
Sea).
73
3.3.4 Latin America
In this region, there are several RFMOs or RFMAs to enhance regional cooperation:
the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) was established by
the Convention concerning the Establishment of the Permanent Commission of the
Conference on the Exploitation and Conservation of the Marine Resources of the
South Pacific adopted on 18 August 1952
74 ; the Joint Technical Commission of the
Maritime Front (CTMFM), established by the Agreement on the Plate River and
Ocean Areas Adjacent and Beyond the River of 19 November 1973 between
Argentina
75 ; the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development
(OLDEPESCA), established by the Agreement Instituting the Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development, adopted on 29 October 1982
76 ; the Central
America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA), established by the
“Act of San Salvador” on 18 December 1995
77 ; and the Caribbean Regional
Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), established by the Agreement Establishing the
CRFM, signed on 4 February 2002.
78
71 See https://www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/legal-basis.
72 See https://nammco.no/topics/nammco-agreement. The text of the Agreement is available at
https://nammco.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nammco-agreement-with-signaturesand-logo.pdf.
73 See https://www.jointfish.com/index.php/eng.html.
74 The text of the Convention in Spanish is available at http://cpps.dyndns.info/consulta/
documentos/legal/convenios/conf_explot_riquezas_pacif_sur_1952.pdf. The objectives and activities of CPPS are explained at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/cpps/en.
75 The text of the Agreement in Spanish is available at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/cpps/en.
76 The text of the Agreement in English is available at https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/
Volume%201427/volume-1427-I-24116-English.pdf. The objectives and competence are
explained at http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/oldepesca/en.
77 See http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/oldepesca/en; http://www.fisheries.gov.bz/ecosystem-manage
ment-unit/international-commitment/ospesca/ and https://www.sica.int/ospesca/ospesca.aspx?
ldEnt¼47.
78 See http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/crfm/en. The text of the Agreement is available at http://www.
sice.oas.org/Trade/CCME/fisheries_mechanism_e.pdf.
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