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UN agency announces world's first illegal fishing treaty now in force

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UN News Centre

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2016-06-03

5 June 2016 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that a groundbreaking international accord aimed at stamping out illegal fishing went into effect today and is now legally binding for the 29 countries and a regional organization that have adhered to it.

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54140#.V1WTzKT2aUk