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Convention for a North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (PICES)

Date:1990
Description:The purpose of the Convention was to establish an organization to "promote and coordinate marine research in the northern North Pacific and adjacent seas especially northward of 30 degrees North; advance scientific knowledge about the ocean environment, global weather and climate change, living resources and their ecosystems, and the impacts of human activities; and promote the collection and rapid exchange of scientific information on these issues."
Type:Conventions and treaties
URL:http://www.pices.int/about/convention.aspx
Date entered:2004-03-10

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