The Conference will provide an “opportunity for the international community to join Canada in determining how management of high seas fisheries can be improved and identifying what steps need to be taken to ensure the immediate protection and rebuilding of fish stocks in the years to come.” Participants will undertake an in-depth examination of modern tools to manage high seas fisheries, in particular those found in the United Nations Fish Agreement (UNFA) of 1995, and will determine practical ways to apply these tools in order to manage global fisheries better.  

dates: 1-5 May 2005  
location: Saint John’s, Canada  
contact: Conference Secretariat  
e-mail: fgccgp@dfo-mpo.gc.ca  
www: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fgc-cgp/index_e.htm