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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
This amendment allows US longline vessels to fish in high-seas portions of the Treaty area. Amendments to annexes are considered "executive agreements"
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Amendments to the Treaty and to the Annexes to the Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America Regarding Longline Fishing on the High Seas of the Treaty Area, the Closing of the Archipelagic Waters of Papua New Guinea, and the Opening of the Waters of Solomon Islands (Article 3.2 and Annex 1)
Alternative Treaty Name: 
South Pacific Fisheries Treaty
Possible Sources (additional): 
6263 KAV xxiii; New Zealand-MOFA list; http://www.mfat.govt.nz/support/legal/treatynegnew.html
Treaty Text: 
Amendments to the Treaty and to the Annexes to the Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America Regarding Longline Fishing on the High Seas of the Treaty Area, the Closing
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1999-03-30
Signature Year: 
1999
Place IEA was signed: 
Koror, Palau
Date IEA entered into force: 
2003-06-15
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Multilateral (3 or more governments)
Agreement Type Level 3: 
Amendment
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Amendments to the Treaty and to the Annexes to the Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America Regarding Longline Fishing on the High Seas of the Treaty Area, the Closing of the Archipelagic Waters of Papua New Guinea, and the Opening of the Waters of Solomon Islands (Article 3.2 and Annex 1)
Words used to code as Environmental: 
water/ waters/fish/pacific island
Lineage
Lineage: 
Pacific Island Fisheries
Sequence in lineage: 
200.050
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Species/Fauna/Fish/FreshwaterResources/Region
Category: 
ENV/FISH