The Commission performs its functions in the interests of the conservation and optimum utilisation of the fishery resources of the Convention Area and shall take into account the best scientific evidence available to it. The Commission provides a forum for consultation and exchange of information on the state of the fishery resources in the Convention Area and on management policies, including examination of the overall effect of such policies on the fishery resources. November 2005 Contracting Parties agreed text to modernise the Convention and bring it in line with developments since 1982, especially with respect to biodiversity protection, the precautionary approach and the ecosystem approach. There was also consensus to apply the amendments provisionally on a voluntary basis.
Atlantic Northeast Part
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION
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