Convention_on_Fishing_and_Conservation_of_Living_Resources_of_the_High_Seas
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
1958 international treaty
The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited. The convention opened for signature on 29 April 1958 and entered into force on 20 March 1966.[1]