﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:13:11 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization</title><link>http://http%3a%2f%2feasydnnnews002</link><atom:link href="http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/rss/942" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Formation of ICNAF – events leading up to the 1949 conference]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/formation-of-icnaf-events-leading-up-to-the-1949-conference</link><description><![CDATA[ Subsequent discussions that took place at ICES and at the Overfishing Convention of 1946 (the follow-up to the 1943 Convention) dealt only with the eastern Atlantic although problems of ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/formation-of-icnaf-events-leading-up-to-the-1949-conference</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-12]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF)]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/international-commission-for-the-northwest-atlantic-fisheries-icnaf</link><description><![CDATA[  
 
 An early meeting of ICNAF held at Woods Hole. 
 
 

 The first regulatory convention that pertained to the North Atlantic was the 1943 Draft Convention relating to the Policing of ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/international-commission-for-the-northwest-atlantic-fisheries-icnaf</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-362]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[ICNAF Convention]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-convention</link><description><![CDATA[ 
 
 ICNAF did not originally have regulatory authority in Areas 0 and 6 
 
 Canada, Denmark, Iceland, the UK and the USA were the initial  signatories to the
 Convention.  
  Signatories in ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-convention</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-365]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[ICNAF MAPS]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-maps</link><description><![CDATA[   

 
 Chart of the area of the Northwest Atlantic and the five Subareas covered by the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (1951)  
 

   

 
 Final configuration ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-maps</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-366]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Commission]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/the-commission</link><description><![CDATA[ 
 
     
         
             
              Contracting Parties   
             1951 -Canada, Denmark,   Iceland, UK and USA 
              1975 – Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba,   Denmark, ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/the-commission</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-367]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Science and Statistics]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/science-and-statistics</link><description><![CDATA[ In 1953, specification of vessels fishing in the Convention was requested. In 1954, statistical  Divisions were created  to accommodate stock partitioning of various species. The ICNAF collection ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/science-and-statistics</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-368]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[ICNAF - Catches]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-catches</link><description><![CDATA[Catches in the ICNAF Convention area. Upper Panel shows catches by country. Lower Panel summarizes catches by species. Note: Nearly all menhaden, oyster, surf clam, quahog, blue crab and alewife were ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-catches</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-369]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[ICNAF Management]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-management</link><description><![CDATA[ The  Convention initially allowed for regulatory measures pertaining to: a) establishing  closed seasons; b) closure of spawning areas or; c) areas populated by small or  immature fish; d) ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-management</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-371]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[ICNAF Symposia]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-symposia</link><description><![CDATA[ 			  Symposia  became the primary forum for exchange of ideas related to the science and  management of fish and reflect the innovations in fishery science attributable  to the ICNAF scientific ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/icnaf-symposia</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-370]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperUser Account]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[References]]></title><link>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/references</link><description><![CDATA[ Anderson, E. D. 1998. The History of Fisheries Management and Scientific Advice – the ICNAF/NAFO History from the End of World War II to the Present. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., Vol. 23: 75–94 ( ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.nafo.int/About-us/ICNAF/references</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[35be9541-85d4-4cb4-ab30-bab94376007d-363]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>