Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
Signed	29 April 1958
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Effective	20 March 1966
Signatories	35
Parties	39
Languages	Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/8_1_1958_fishing.pdf

The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited. The convention opened for signature on 29 April 1958 and entered into force on 20 March 1966.^[1]

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Participation

Parties – (39):^[1] Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.

Countries that have signed, but not yet ratified – (21):^[1] Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas". United Nations. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

CIA World Factbook, as of 2003^[update] edition
Indonesian Law #19/1961

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