The Bering Sea Fishery Conferences.
The participant nations included China, the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea and Poland. The
themes of the conferences were protection, management and rational utilization of cod
resources in the Bering Sea.
The first conference was held in U.S. in Feb. 1991.
The second conference was held in Japan in July 1991.
The third conference was held in U.S. in Nov. 1991.
The fourth conference was held in U.S. in Feb. 1992.
The fifth conference was held in Russia in Aug. 1992.
The sixth conference was held in U.S. in Jan. 1993.
The seventh conference was held in Japan in June 1993.
The Fishery Conference on the Sea of Okhotsk
Suggested by the Russian government, the government delegations from China, Russia, Japan,
Korea and Poland gathered in Moscow from March 2 to March 4, 1992 to participate in a
conference on a joint effort to protect biological resources in the Sea of Okhotsk.
China-U.S. Fishery Agreement
Signed on July 23, 1985, the agreement approved that Chinese fishing efforts can have conditional
access to American waters based on mutual benefits.
China-U.S. Marine and Fisheries Protocol
The protocol is a part of China-U.S. Science and Technology Agreement signed in
1979 and aims to promote marine and fishery research projects in common interests.
China-Russia Fishery Agreement
Signed on Oct. 4, 1988, the agreement aimed to develop a bilateral relationship and make joint
efforts in the management of rivers, lakes and fishery resources on their common borders.
China-Japan Fishery Agreement
Signed on August 15, 1975, the agreement aimed to protect and rationally utilize the fishery
resources in East China Sea and Yellow Sea and maintain a regular order for fishery operation.
China-Australia Fishery Agreement
Signed in Nov. 1988, the agreement approved for a certain number of Chinese fishing vessels to
have conditional access to Australian waters and fish certain species in the quotas.
China-Norway Fishery Cooperation
According to the proposal by the Norwegian Prime Minister when he visited China in Sep. 1980,
the Norwegian government sent China a marine resource investigation vessel as a present. The
vessel arrived in China in 1984 and has carried out a series of scientific activities since then.
China-Guinea Bissau Fishery Agreement
Signed on August 28, 1984, the agreement approved that Chinese fishing efforts access
Guinea-Bissau's waters with license and Chinese provide equipments, funds and technical
personnel to help Guinea-Bissau establish industrial fishing fleets and fishing ports. Since
diplomatic relations broke off in 1990, the agreement has been still effective as people to people
relation.
China-Mauritania Fishery Agreement
Signed on August 22, 1991, the agreement approved Chinese fishing force conditionally access to
Mauritanian waters and help Mauritania replace their fishing fleets. Both sides agreed to
cooperate in fish processing, personnel training, fishing vessel maintaining, fishery resource
conservation, research, marine and inland fishing, and aquaculture.