Report of the Expert Consultation of Regional Fisheries Management Bodies on Harmonization of Catch Certification


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This Publication contains the Report of the Expert Consultation and the recommendations. Also included in the publication is the result of subsequent work undertaken by FAO in response to the recommendations of the Expert Consultation.




Report of the Expert Consultation of Regional Fisheries Management Bodies on Harmonization of Catch Certification


Book Description

This Publication contains the Report of the Expert Consultation and the recommendations. Also included in the publication is the result of subsequent work undertaken by FAO in response to the recommendations of the Expert Consultation.




Report of the Expert Consultation on Data Formats and Procedures for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance


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This publication contains the report of an FAO meeting, held in Bergen, Norway in October 2004, to discuss implementation of the International Plan of Action to Deter, Prevent and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU). The meeting made a number of recommendations for more effective harmonisation and exchange of fishing vessel information. Topics covered at this meeting include: fishing vessel monitoring system reporting procedures; licences and fishing authorisations; exchange of catch certificates and trade documents; electronic fishing logbooks; progress made by the Co-ordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP); the use of Customs Tariff Codes; and linkages with traceability and ecolabelling.







Catching On?


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Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics


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Topics discussed were: changes in the membership of CWP; review of recommendations from CWP-18; reports of intersessional meetings; the Meeting of Agencies Participating in the Fisheries Global Information System/Fishery Resource Monitoring System (9 July 2001); reports on intersessional developments in agency programmes in fishery statistics...




Promoting Sustainable Fisheries


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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, or IUU fishing, is considered one of the most significant threats to the sustainability of fisheries resources. Since the adoption of the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU), States and regional fisheries management organisations have made sustained efforts to address the problem. This book analyses the concept of IUU fishing and the international instruments which provide the legal and policy framework to combat IUU fishing. The book also examines the range of measures adopted by States and regional organisations to address IUU fishing. These measures include flag State, coastal State, port State, and market State measures.




Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports


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Includes the keynote addresses and papers presented on the conference themes that covered: environment, ecosystem biology, habitat, diversity and oceanography; population biology and resource assessment; harvesting and conservation strategies for resource management; technology requirements; monitoring, compliance and controls; a review of existing policies and instruments; and governance and management. It also provides the perspectives of participating experts and the conference Steering Committee. The general conclusions of the conference contain the elements that must be addressed and undertaken if deep-sea fish resources are to be sustained and their habitat protected to ensure productivity and safeguard deep-sea biodiversity. The second volume of the proceedings includes posters and corresponding papers presented at the conference as well as papers from workshops held prior to the main conference.




Report of the FAO Regional Workshop on the Elaboration of National Plans of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing


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This workshop was organised to assist countries in the southern and eastern Africa region to develop capacity in order to elaborate national plans of action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (NPOAs-IUU). It also considered the International Plan of Action, its technical guideline and related issues. Working groups were formed to encourage maximum participation, and other topics discussed included ways of improving collaboration and identifying regional priorities.




Management of Shared Fish Stocks


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Celebrating the centenary of the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) Fisheries Research Laboratory at Lowestoft, UK, this peer-reviewed, edited tome discusses four interwoven themes: · The consequences and management of unregulated/unreported catches · Competition · External drivers and resource behaviour · Ecosystems and migration With contributions from fisheries scientists, policy-makers and managers from more than twenty countries, this international volume has evolved from the CEFAS symposium on International Approaches to Management of Shared Fish Stock- Problems and Future Directions. The editors, Andrew Payne, Carl O’Brien and Stuart Rogers, have succeeded in bringing together the research of over sixty participants into an essential source of reference for all those involved in, or studying, fisheries management across the globe.