Convention on future multilateral co-operation in the Northwest Atlantic fisheries.

• Coming into Force: 01 January 1979
• Subject Terms: Fishing and fisheries,Watercourses-Water resources,Cooperation
• Registration Date: 20 April 1979
• Registration Number: 17799
• Date of Conclusion: 24 October 1978
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: Canada
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Government of Canada
• Participants: Canada,Cuba,European Economic Community,German Democratic Republic,Islandia,Noruega,Rumania,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

No.

17799

MULTILATERAL

Convention

on

future

multilateral

co-operation

in

the

North

west

Atlantic

fisheries

(with

annexes).

Concluded

at

Ottawa

on

24

October

1978

Authentic

texts:

English

and

French.

Registered

by

Canada

on

20

April

1979.

MULTILATERAL

Convention

sur

la

future coopération

multilatérale

dans

les

pêches

de

l'Atlantique

nord-ouest

(avec

annexes).

Conclue

à

Ottawa

le

24

octobre

1978

Textes

authentiques

:

anglais

et

français.

Enregistré

par

le

Canada

le

20

avril

1979.

Vol.

1135,

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United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

•

Nations

Unies

—

Recueil

des

Traités_____1979

CONVENTION

1

ON

FUTURE MULTILATERAL

COOPERATION

IN

THE

NORTHWEST

ATLANTIC

FISHERIES

The

Contracting

Parties,

Noting

that

the

coastal

States

of

the

Northwest

Atlantic

have,

in

accord

ance

with

relevant

principles

of

international

law,

extended

their

jurisdiction

over

the

living

resources

of

their

adjacent waters

to

limits

of

up

to

two

hundred

nautical

miles

from

the

baselines

from

which

the

breadth

of

the

territorial

sea

is

measured,

and

exercise

within

these

areas

sovereign

rights

for

the

purpose

of

exploring

and

exploiting,

conserving

and

managing

these

resources;

Taking

into

account

the

work

of

the

Third

United

Nations

Conference

on

the

Law

of

the

Sea

in

the

field

of

fisheries;

Desiring

to

promote

the

conservation

and

optimum

utilization

of

the

fish

ery

resources

of

the

Northwest

Atlantic

area

within

a

framework

appropriate

to

the

regime

of

extended

coastal

State

jurisdiction

over

fisheries,

and

accord

ingly

to

encourage international

cooperation

and

consultation

with

respect

to

these

resources;

Have agreed

as

follows:

Article

I.

1.

The

area

to

which

this

Convention

applies,

hereinafter

referred

to

as

"the

Convention

Area",

shall

be

the

waters

of

the

Northwest

Atlantic

Ocean

north

of

35 00'

north

latitude

and

west

of

a

line

extending

due

north

from

35 00'

north

latitude

and

42 00'

west

longitude

to

59 00'

north

lati

tude, thence

due

west

to

44 00'

west

longitude,

and

thence

due

north

to

the

coast

of

Greenland,

and

the

waters

of

the

Gulf

of

St.

Lawrence,

Davis

Strait

and

Baffin

Bay

south

of

78 10'

north

latitude.

2.

The

area

referred

to

in

this

Convention

as

"the

Regulatory

Area"

is

that

part

of

the

Convention

Area

which

lies

beyond

the

areas

in

which

coastal

States

exercise

fisheries

jurisdiction.

1

Came into

force

on

1

January

1979,

i.e.,

the

first

day

of

January

following

the

deposit

with

the

Govern

ment

of

Canada

of

instruments

of

ratification,

acceptance

or

approval

by

six

signatories,

one

of

which

exercising

fisheries

jurisdiction

in

waters

forming

part

of

the

Convention

area,

in

accordance

with

article

XXII

(3).

Instru

ments

of

ratification,

acceptance,

approval

or

accession

were

deposited

as

follows:

Date

of

deposit

of

the

instrument

of

ratification,

acceptance

(A),

approval

(AA)

State

or

organization

or

accession

(a)

Canada

.......................................

30

November

1978

Cuba

.........................................

22

December

1978

Iceland

.......................................

22

December

1978

Union

of

Soviet

Socialist

Republics

..............

27

December

1978

A

European

Economic

Community

................

28

December

1978

German

Democratic

Republic

...................

28

December

1978

AA

Norway

.......................................

28

December

1978

Subsequently,

the

Convention

came

into

force

in

respect

of

the

State

listed

below

on

the

date

of

receipt

by

the

Depositary

of

the

instrument

of

ratification,

in

accordance

with

article

XXII

(2)

and

(4)

:

Date

of

deposit

of

the

instrument

Slate

of

ratification

Romania

......................................

5

March

1979

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