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Intergovernmental Organizations - Regional Fisheries Bodies

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	Regional Fisheries Bodies Established under the Auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Dealing with Marine Fisheries
	Regional Fisheries Bodies (Non-FAO) Dealing with Marine Fisheries

Below are links to Intergovernmental Organizations, specifically Fisheries Bodies, established under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) or independent of it. Entries are in alphabetical order by name and links are to home page of the organization.

Regional Fisheries Bodies Established under the Auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Dealing with Marine Fisheries (link to FAO site)

	APFIC	Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission
	CECAF	Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic
	GFCM	General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
	IOFC	Indian Ocean Fishery Commission
	IOTC	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
	WECAFC	Western-Central Atlantic Fishery Commission

(see FAO Statutory Bodies site for information about bodies which do not have their own individual links; also includes maps of their area of competence)

Regional Fisheries Bodies (Non-FAO)
(as listed in the FAO Fisheries Circular No. 940)
(link to FAO Directory of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Related Internet Sites)

	COREP	Comité Régional des Pêches du Golfe de Guinée (currently no web site)
	CCAMLR	Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
	CCSBT	Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
	CSRP	Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches (currently no web site)
	FFA	Forum Fisheries Agency (of the South Pacific Forum)
	IATTC	Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
	IBSFC	International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
	ICCAT	International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
	IPHC	International Pacific Halibut Commission
	IWC	International Whaling Commission
	CTMFM	Joint Technical Commission for the Argentina/Uruguay Maritime Boundary (currently no web site)
	OLDEPESCA	Latin American Fisheries Development Organization
	NEAFC	North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
	NPAFC	North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
	PICES	North Pacific Marine Science Organization
	NAFO	Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
	NASCO	North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
	PSC	Pacific Salmon Commission
	CPPS	Permanent Commission for the South Pacific
	SPC	South Pacific Commission
	SPF	South Pacific Forum Secretariat

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Intergovernmental Organizations - Regional Fisheries Bodies

Regional Fisheries Bodies Established under the Auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Dealing with Marine Fisheries

Regional Fisheries Bodies (Non-FAO) Dealing with Marine Fisheries

Regional Fisheries Bodies Established under the Auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Dealing with Marine Fisheries (link to FAO site)