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The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) was established in 1984 under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is an international body with the objective of contributing through consultation and cooperation to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks taking into account the best scientific evidence available to it. NASCO consists of a Council, three regional Commissions and a Secretariat. The Council is made up of representatives of all the Parties to the Convention, i.e. Canada, Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland), the European Union, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United States of America. The main functions of the Council are to provide a forum for the study, analysis and exchange of information and for consultation and cooperation on salmon stocks; to coordinate the activities of the Commissions; and to make recommendations on scientific research. Its decisions are taken in the main by three-quarters majority. The functions of the three regional Commissions - the North American Commission, the North-East Atlantic Commission and the West Greenland Commission - are to provide fora for consultation and cooperation on salmon stocks; to propose regulatory measures for fishing in the fishery zones of members for salmon originating in the rivers of other Parties; and to make recommendations to the Council on scientific research. The Commissions have restricted membership and decisions require unanimous agreement. The following organizations have observer status to NASCO:
American Fisheries Society
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