Alternative treaty name

Agreement for the Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission; APFIC

Data entry notes

To keep fishery resources under review; to formulate and recommend conservation and management measures; to keep under review the economic and social aspects of fishing; to encourage training and research.; Concluded under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution; Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC), formerly Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission of FAO. Amended in 1952, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1977 and 1993. The 1976 amendment changed the title from Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council to Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission

URL to text of IEA

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1949/4.html

Possible sources (additional)

60 UNTS 1952; FAO-FI-704; ECOLEX-2427; ; RS-VI:2732; Burhenne, Sand

Date IEA was concluded

1948-02-26

Conclusion year

1948

Place IEA was concluded

Baguio

Date IEA entered into force

1948-11-09

Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc)

Multilateral (3 or more governments)

Agreement type level 3

Agreement

E (environment) code (agreement is environmental or not)

Environmental

Source for e (environmental) code

Title

Text used for e (environmental) coding

Agreement For The Establishment Of The Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission

Words used to code as environmental

commission/fish/indo-pacific

Lineage

Asian Pacific Fisheries

Sequence in lineage

100.000

Secretariat

APFIC Secretariat

Version

2007.10

Inclusion auto-generated

MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Subject

Species/Fauna/Fish/Organization/Region

Category

ENV/FISH