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United Nations Conference to Address Law for High Sea Fishing, 22-26 May (2006) as Overfishing Causes Dramatic Decline in Stocks – UN Background Press Release.  http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sea1852.doc.htm  - good overview on legalities, organizations and problems

UN Review conference on Conservation and Management of Fish Stocks,  May 2006
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sea1853.doc.htm

International Fishers Forum
http://www.fishersforum.net/
Executive summary: Third International Fishers Forum, Japan 2005

Another Step in Stopping Global Overfishing – Governance of High seas Fisheries and the United Nations Fish Agreement – Moving from Words to Action Canada, May 2005 
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fgc-cgp/index_e.htm

Marine Protected Areas on the High Sea:  Some Legal and Policy Considerations by Tullio Scovazzi, Professor of International Law, University of Milano-Bicocca
Paper Presented at the World Parks Congress, Governance Session“Protecting Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction"
(Durban, South Africa, 11 September 2003)
http://www.iucn.org/themes/marine/Word/ScovazziHighSeasCOMPLETE.doc

Conference on the Governance of High Seas Fisheries and the United Nations Fish Agreement: Moving from words to action
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fgc-cgp/index_e.htm