Term:
Regional fisheries management organization
Definition:
A subregional, regional or a similar organization with competence, as recognised under international law, to establish conservation and management measures for living marine resources placed under its responsibility by virtue of the convention or agreement by which it was established.; An intergovernmental fisheries organization or arrangement, as appropriate, that has the competence to establish conservation and management measures.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, FAO, 2016 (http://www.fao.org/3/i5469t/I5469T.pdf).
