NASCO ~ The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization

Salmon School
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
Conserving and restoring wild Atlantic salmon

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NASCO's NGOs

"The NGOs have worked successfully together with NASCO Parties to facilitate much greater transparency in its work, notably the requirement for each jurisdiction to produce an implementation plan which now creates public accountability for wild salmon management around the North Atlantic.

Close co-operation and constructive criticism are essential to help implement both vital research and practical salmon management measures aimed at conserving and restoring this iconic species."
Chris Poupard, Chairman of NASCO's NGOs 1997-2012.

NASCO seeks to be a transparent and inclusive organization and has a wide range of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with accredited observer status. The conditions governing observer status have been progressively relaxed so as to allow increased participation by the NGOs in NASCO's work in order to benefit from the considerable experience and expertise within the NGO community. Read NGO conditions...

The current Co-Chairs of NASCO's accredited NGOs are Niall Greene (Salmon Watch Ireland) and Sue Scott (Atlantic Salmon Federation).

The Opening Statements by the NGOs at Annual Meetings are available in the 'Newsroom'.

The following 35 NGOs have observer status to NASCO:


	Angling Council of Ireland
	The Angling Trust
	Association Internationale de Défense du Saumon Atlantique
	Association of Salmon Fishery Boards
	Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation
	Atlantic Salmon Federation, Canada
	Atlantic Salmon Federation, USA
	Atlantic Salmon Trust
	Coalition Clean Baltic
	College of the Atlantic
	Connecticut River Salmon Association
	Conservatoire National du Saumon Sauvage
	Coomhola Salmon Trust Ltd
	European Anglers Alliance
	Faroes Sportsfishing Association
	Federation of Irish Salmon and Sea-Trout Anglers
	Fédération Québécoise pour le Saumon Atlantique
	Institute of Fisheries Management
	Irish Seal Sanctuary
	Marine and Environmental Law Institute
	National Anglers Representative Association
	Norges Bondelag (Norwegian Farmers Union)
	Norges Jeger og Fiskerforbund (Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers)
	Norske Lakseelver (Norwegian Salmon Rivers)
	Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
	Salmon Net Fishing Association of Scotland
	Salmon and Trout Association
	Salmon Watch Ireland
	Sami Parlamenta (Finland)
	Sami Parlamenta (Norway)
	Scottish Anglers National Association
	Ulster Angling Federation Limited
	World Wide Fund for Nature (France)
	World Wide Fund for Nature (Norway)
	World Wildlife Fund (US)
	Greenpeace International previously held accredited NGO status to NASCO. However, this has been suspended by the Council because that organization has not accepted the revised conditions governing observer status that were agreed in 2002, specifically the condition governing communication by NGOs with the media during NASCO's Annual Meetings.