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Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
	Logo of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
Abbreviation	CCSBT
Formation	20 May 1994 (29 years ago)
Type	International organization
Purpose	Fisheries
Headquarters	Canberra, Australia
Coordinates	35°18′37″S 149°07′43″E / 35.310261°S 149.1285203°E
Area served	International
Membership	8 state members
Executive Secretary	Dominic Vallieres
Website	www.ccsbt.org

The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) is a Regional fisheries management organisation^[1] and international organization with the purpose of managing the stocks of the critically endangered^[2] Southern bluefin tuna.^[3]

The secretariat is housed in Canberra, Australia.^[4] CCSBT was established by International treaty signed in Canberra on 10 May 1993 by Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, with the commission commencing a year later. Over the years additional nations have joined.

Member States edit

Members are of three types: members (of the commission), (members of the) extended commission, and co-operation non-members:^[5]

Member	joined	Status	Ref	Notes
Australia	20 May 1994	member	^[6]	Host nation
New Zealand	20 May 1994	member	^[7]
Japan	20 May 1994	member	^[8]	main user of BFT
South Korea	17 October 2001	member	^[9]
Indonesia	8 April 2008	member	^[9]
Taiwan	30 August 2002	extended commission	^[9]
South Africa	24 August 2006	member	^[9]
European Union	13 October 2006	extended commission	^[9]

Frozen tuna at the Tsukiji market

^ Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ Collette, B.; Chang, S.-K.; Di Natale, A.; Fox, W.; Juan Jorda, M.; Miyabe, N.; Nelson, R.; Uozumi, Y. & Wang, S. (2011). "Thunnus maccoyii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T21858A9328286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T21858A9328286.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ List of the five tuna RFMOs, Retrieved 2009-10-07.
^ "Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna ATS 6 of 1999" Archived 16 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Australasian Legal Information Institute, Australian Treaties Library. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.
^ "Becoming a Member of the CCSBT - CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna". www.ccsbt.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Origins of the convention on conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna. Archived 29 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
^ New Zealand Fisheries Management Organization.
^ Treaty depositary Australian Government website.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Origins of the Convention - CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna". www.ccsbt.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.