Niue Treaty

Niue Treaty
Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region
Signed	9 July 1992
Location	Honiara, Solomon Islands
Effective	20 May 1993
Condition	4 ratifications
Signatories	17
Parties	14
Depositary	Government of Niue

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.

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/Territory	Treaty Signature	Treaty Ratification	Subsidiary Agreement Signature	Comment
Australia	9 July 1992	3 March 1993
Cook Islands	9 July 1992	3 March 1993	(Signed)	New Zealand
Fiji	11 August 1992	5 March 1996
Kiribati	11 May 1992	13 October 1994
Marshall Islands	9 July 1992	10 January 1995	(Signed)
Micronesia, Federated States of	9 July 1992	3 December 1993	(Signed)
Nauru	9 July 1992	30 September 1993	(Signed)
New Zealand	9 July 1992
Niue	9 July 1992	9 March 1993		New Zealand
Palau	9 July 1992	3 March 1999	9 November 2012
Papua New Guinea	11 May 1993	12 November 1994	(Signed)
Samoa	9 July 1992	14 May 1994	(Signed)
Solomon Islands	9 July 1992	27 May 1994
Tokelau	11 May 1993			New Zealand
Tonga	9 July 1992	20 May 1993	(Signed)
Tuvalu	9 July 1992		(Signed)
Vanuatu	9 July 1992	10 November 1993	(Signed)