Niue Treaty

The Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region or Niue Treaty is a multilateral treaty of members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency to enhance their ability to enforce effectively their fisheries laws, and deter breaches.

Niue Treaty
Signed9 July 1992
LocationHoniara, Solomon Islands
Effective20 May 1993
Condition4 ratifications
Signatories17[1]
Parties14[1]
DepositaryGovernment of Niue

Under Article XIII a State which is not a Party to the Forum Fisheries Agency Convention may also accede to the Treaty, if all Parties agree.

Niue Treaty Multilateral Subsidiary Agreement

Bilateral Subsidiary Agreements have been made in the past between individual Niue Treaty signatories in order to give effect to certain Treaty provisions. However, a comprehensive Multilateral Subsidiary Agreement (NTMSA)[2] for strengthening implementation of the Niue Treaty was agreed and finalised for signature in Honiara on 2 November 2012.

The first country to sign the NTMSA was the Republic of Palau on 9 November 2012.[3] The Multilateral Subsidiary Agreement needs 4 instruments of ratifications, acceptance or approval to come into force.

Ratifications

The treaty was signed by (or on behalf of) 17 states/territories; as of 2013, 14 had ratified the treaty:

Country/TerritoryTreaty SignatureTreaty RatificationSubsidiary Agreement SignatureSubsidiary Agreement RatificationComment
 Australia9 July 19923 March 1993
 Cook Islands9 July 19923 March 1993(Signed)New Zealand
 Fiji11 August 19925 March 1996
 Kiribati11 May 199213 October 1994
 Marshall Islands9 July 199210 January 1995(Signed)
 Micronesia, Federated States of9 July 19923 December 1993(Signed)
 Nauru9 July 199230 September 1993(Signed)
 New Zealand9 July 1992
 Niue9 July 19929 March 1993New Zealand
 Palau9 July 19923 March 19999 November 2012
 Papua New Guinea11 May 199312 November 1994(Signed)
 Samoa9 July 199214 May 1994(Signed)
 Solomon Islands9 July 199227 May 1994
 Tokelau11 May 1993New Zealand
 Tonga9 July 199220 May 1993(Signed)
 Tuvalu9 July 1992(Signed)
 Vanuatu9 July 199210 November 1993(Signed)

See also

References
  1. "Treaties: record details". ECOLEX. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. Forum Fisheries Agency. "Niue Treaty Multilateral Subsidiary Agreement". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. Forum FIsheries Agency. "Palau signs Niue Treaty Subsidiary Agreement". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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