Nauru Agreement
The Nauru Agreement (full name: English Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Stocks ), mostly translated into German as “Nauru Agreement” , is an agreement on fishing in the northern and western Pacific . It was signed in Nauru on February 11, 1982 . Contracting parties are the Federated States of Micronesia , Kiribati , the Marshall Islands , Nauru, Palau , Papua New Guinea , the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu . It applies in the exclusive economic zones of these island states. The area covers approximately 14.8 million square kilometers.
The main subject of the agreement is purse seine fishing for tuna , in particular bonito and yellowfin tuna . About 50% of the global occurrence of bonito is native to the waters of the contracting states. These account for 70% of the total of 1.6 million tonnes of fish in the area covered by the agreement, 20 to 30% of the fish are yellowfin tuna. The estimated value of the fish stocks is US $ 300 million, up to US $ 8 billion after processing. The signatory states determine the access for ships, the conditions for fishing in the region and minimum prices. The organization has had an office in Majuro since 2010 . In Nauru, control of the agreement is in the hands of the Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority (NFMRA).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) , interview with Maurice Brownjon , IUCN website , June 2, 2015
Web links
- Parties to the Nauru Agreement (Official website of the office, English)
- Parties to the Nauru Agreement: Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Management of Fisheries of Common Stocks. Text of the agreement as of April 2010 (English)
- Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority: Legislation (English)