Relevant International Agreements
International organizations, particularly the United Nations, have negotiated various agreements that are relevant to the management of tuna and tuna-like fisheries.
Some of these are:
- Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Agreement for the implementation of the Provisions of the Convention relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
- Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
- Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
- Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
- IPOA for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries
- IPOA for the Conservation and Management of Sharks
- IPOA for the Management of Fishing Capacity
- IPOA to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing
