Parties and Range States
Disclaimer: The map of countries in this page does not represent the geographical area covered by the Agreement and is only intended to display ASCOBANS's Parties and Non-Party Range States, with a link to their respective webpages. To view the Area covered by the Agreement, please click on the expandable button below.
The Agreement Area is defined as follows:
"... the marine environment of the Baltic and North Seas and contiguous area of the North East Atlantic, as delimited by the shores of the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland; to the south-east by latitude 36°N, where this line of latitude meets the line joining the lighthouses of Cape St. Vincent (Portugal) and Casablanca (Morocco); to the south-west by latitude 36°N and longitude 15°W; to the north-west by longitude 15° and a line drawn through the following points: latitude 59°N/longitude 15°W, latitude 60°N/longitude 05°W, latitude, 61°N/longitude 4W;latitude 62N/ longitude 3W; to the north by latitude 62°N; and including the Kattegat and the Sound and Belt passages."
| Country | Status | Country ratification date | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Party | Europe | |
| Denmark | Party | Europe | |
| Estonia | Range State | Europe | |
| Finland | Party | Europe | |
| France | Party | Europe | |
| Germany | Party | Europe | |
| Ireland | Range State | Europe | |
| Latvia | Range State | Europe | |
| Lithuania | Party | Europe | |
| Netherlands | Party | Europe | |
| Norway | Range State | Europe | |
| Poland | Party | Europe | |
| Portugal | Range State | Europe | |
| Russian Federation | Range State | Europe | |
| Spain | Range State | Europe | |
| Sweden | Party | Europe | |
| European Union | Signed but not ratified | Europe | |
| United Kingdom | Party | Europe | |
| Belgium | Party | Europe | |
| Denmark | Party | Europe |