International Cooperation Through NASCO

On 1 October 1983, following ratification by six Parties, the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean (hereafter referred to as the ‘Convention’) entered into force. The Convention established a new international organisation, the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO), with the objective of contributing through consultation and cooperation to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks subject to the Convention, taking into account the best scientific evidence available to it.