Resolutions, Agreements and Guidelines
Basic Texts
- Handbook of Basic Texts, 2013 (Convention, Headquarters Agreement, Rules of Procedure, Financial Rules)
Fishing for Salmon in International Waters
Precautionary Approach
Management of Salmon Fisheries
- Guidelines on Catch and Release, 2018 (English)
- Guidelines on Catch and Release (French)
- NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries, 2009 (English)
- NASCO Guidelines for the Management of Salmon Fisheries, 2009 (French)
Habitat Protection and Restoration
Aquaculture, Introductions and Transfers and Transgenics
- Guidance on Best Management Practices to address impacts of sea lice and escaped farmed salmon on wild salmon stocks, SLG(09)5 (Adopted in June 2009 and Revised in June 2010)
- Resolution by the Parties to the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean to Minimise Impacts from Aquaculture, Introductions and Transfers, and Transgenics on the Wild Salmon Stocks – The Williamsburg Resolution, CNL(06)48 (Adopted at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of NASCO in June 2003 and amended at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of NASCO in June 2004 and at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of NASCO in June 2006)