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International Whaling Commission
International Whaling Commission (IWC): inter-governmental body founded 1946 under the ICRW, 89 members, sets whaling catch limits; imposed the 1982 commercial whaling moratorium and regulates aboriginal subsistence whaling.
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
NASCO (North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization), est. 1983 under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, is the inter-governmental body regulating wild Atlantic salmon fisheries via Council and three commissions from Edinburgh.
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is a regional fisheries management organization, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Halifax, Canada, that manages most fisheries in the international waters of the Northwest Atlantic.