Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

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Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
AbbreviationCCSBT
Formation20 May 1994(30 years ago) (1994-05-20)
Type International organization
Purpose Fisheries
Headquarters Canberra, Australia
Coordinates 35°18′37″S149°07′43″E / 35.310261°S 149.1285203°E / -35.310261; 149.1285203
Area served
International
Membership8 state members
Executive Secretary
Dominic Vallieres
Website www.ccsbt.org
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Blue Fin Tuna
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Frozen tuna at the Tsukiji market

The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) is a Regional fisheries management organisation [1] and international organization with the purpose of managing the stocks of the critically endangered [2] Southern bluefin tuna. [3] The secretariat is housed in Canberra, Australia. [4] CCSBT was established by International treaty signed in Canberra on 10 May 1993 by Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, with the commission commencing a year later. Over the years additional nations have joined.

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Member states

Members are of three types: members (of the commission), (members of the) extended commission, and co-operation non-members: [5]

MemberjoinedStatusRefNotes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 May 1994member [6] Host nation
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 20 May 1994member [7]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 20 May 1994member [8] main user of BFT
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 17 October 2001member [9]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 8 April 2008member [9]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 30 August 2002extended commission [9]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 24 August 2006member [9]
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union 13 October 2006extended commission [9]

References

  1. ↑ Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ↑ Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Miyabe, N.; Nelson, R.; Uozumi, Y. & Wang, S. (2011). "Thunnus maccoyii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T21858A9328286. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T21858A9328286.en . Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ↑ List of the five tuna RFMOs, Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna ATS 6 of 1999" Archived 16 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Becoming a Member of the CCSBT - CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna". www.ccsbt.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Origins of the convention on conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna. Archived 29 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine .
  7. ↑ New Zealand Fisheries Management Organization.
  8. ↑ Treaty depositary Australian Government website.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Origins of the Convention - CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna". www.ccsbt.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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