SIOFA - Fisheries Agreement for the South Indian Ocean
Description
This Fisheries Agreement was signed in Rome on 7 July 2006 and entered into force in June 2012. To date, SIOFA has ten Contracting Parties: Australia, China, Cook Islands, European Union, France on behalf of its Indian Ocean Territories, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mauritius, Seychelles and Thailand.
SIOFA is not a Regional Fisheries Organisation but rather a Regional Fisheries Agreement and therefore does not have a permanent Secretariat. Its objective is to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the Area's fisheries resources, with the exception of tuna, in areas outside national EEZs.Agreement Website
RFMO location and website
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA/APSOI)
C/O DAAF
Bâtiment B
Parc de la Providence
97489 Saint-Denis Cedex
La Réunion
Website: https://www.apsoi.org/
Geographical Area
Regulated Species
The SIOFA Agreement covers fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other sedentary species in the area covered by the Agreement, excluding large migrators (Annex I of UNCLOS) and sedentary species covered by Article 77 of the UNCLOS Convention.
Legislation
Conservation and management measures for stocks agreed by SIOFA:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009, establishing a Community control system for ensuring with rules of common fisheries policy
Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017, on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets.
TAC and QUOTA Regulation - Council Regulation (EU) fixing every year the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters