There is no formal instrument per se. The two countries agreed to the Consultative Committee via an exchange of diplomatic notes on January 27, 1992.
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The United States and Japan
The Committee meets on an annual basis, or at other times as may be considered appropriate, in the United States or Japan. The venue for the Committee is decided prior to each meeting.
6th Meeting, February 25, 1998
The Committee consists of one representative from each Government, as well as support staff and advisors. The current U.S. Representative is Ms. Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Space, Department of State.
The U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee on Fisheries was formed to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of fisheries and fisheries research. It replaced the more formal Governing International Fisheries Agreement (GIFA) between the United States and Japan that expired on December 31, 1991. The Consultative Committee holds regular high-level bilateral consultations on fishery issues of mutual concern.
Government delegations from the United States and Japan met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Japan, on January 22-23, 1997, to conduct the Fifth Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee on Fisheries. The U.S. delegation was led by Ms. Mary Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Space, Department of State, and Mr. Masahiro Ishikawa, Deputy Director-General of the Fisheries Agency of Japan, led the Japanese delegation.
The two delegations exchanged views on the full range of issues in the U.S.-Japan fisheries relationship. Topics of discussion included the United Nations (UN) Agreement on the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas. Representatives also discussed the conservation and management of tuna stocks in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and exchanged views on whaling, sea turtles, sharks, fisheries bycatch and a number of other issues of mutual concern.
The two delegations reaffirmed the value of maintaining and further strengthening the long-standing cooperation between the United States and Japan on these and other fisheries issues. They agreed to hold the sixth meeting of the Committee in the United States at a time in 1998 to be mutually decided.
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA:
Paul E. Niemeier
Office of Sustainable Fisheries, F/SF4
1315 East-West Highway, Room 14230
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: (301) 713-2276
Fax: (301) 713-2313
E-mail: paul.niemeier@noaa.gov
Department of State:
H. Stetson Tinkham
Office of Marine Conservation
Washington, D.C. 20520-7818
Telephone: (202) 647-2335
Fax: (202) 736-7350
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