No L 378/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12.82 COUNCIL DECISION of 13 December 1982 concerning the conclusion of the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean (82/886/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1), Whereas international cooperation is essential to ensure the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean; Whereas the Community participated in negotia- tions which culminated in the adoption by a diplomatic conference held in Reykjavik from 18 to 22 January 1982 of a Convention for the Conserva- tion of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean; Whereas this Convention takes into account the provisions on anadromous stocks of fish in the Draft Convention of the Third United Nations Con- ference on the Law of the Sea; Whereas the Convention provides a useful frame- work for international cooperation to ensure the (") OJ No C 238,13.9. 1982, p. 106. conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean; Whereas the Convention establishes a satisfactory balance between the interests of States in whose riv- ers salmon originate and other States in whose areas of fishery jurisdiction salmon are fished, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community. The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision. Done at Brussels, 13 December 1982, For the Council The President N. A. KOFOED