The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) is a Regional fisheries management organisationRegional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), Retrieved 2012-01-05. and international organization with the purpose of managing the stocks of the critically endangered Southern bluefin tuna.List of the five tuna RFMOs, Retrieved 2009-10-07. The secretariat is housed in Canberra, Australia."Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna ATS 6 of 1999" . Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 15 April 2017. CCSBT was established by International treaty signed in Canberra on 10 May 1993 by Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, with the commission commencing a year later. Over the years additional nations have joined.
Member states Members are of three types: members (of the commission), (members of the) extended commission, and co-operation non-members:
Member joined Status Ref Notes 20 May 1994member Origins of the convention on conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna. .Host nation 20 May 1994member New Zealand Fisheries Management Organization. 20 May 1994 member Treaty depositary Australian Government website.main user of BFT 17 October 2001 member 8 April 2008 member 30 August 2002 extended commission as "the Fishing Entity of Taiwan" 24 August 2006 member 13 October 2006 extended commission
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