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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for fishing industry (europe)
2 results foundAuthor: Environmental Justice Foundation Title: What's the Catch? Reducing Bycatch in EU Distant Water Fisheries Summary: It is estimated that . million tonnes of non-target catch (bycatch) are discarded annually by the world’s fisheries (Kelleher). This has considerable economic, ecological and developmental impacts (see Impacts of bycatch right). In some cases, bycatch reduction is already technically feasible and economically advantageous (Valdemarsen & Suuronen) – what is needed now is the political will to implement and enforce solutions. In particular the European Union (EU) has clear moral, economic and environmental imperatives to address both bycatch and discard issues associated with its distant water fishing fleets, currently operating in the waters of developing countries. EU trawl, longline and purse seine fisheries operating in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans are of special concern. Bycatch reduction in these fisheries would be in direct accord with international commitments the EU has made by adopting the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and in ratifying the UN Agreement on the Conservation and Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. Reducing bycatch would also be consistent with the recent reform of Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy. EJF has evaluated which international policy initiatives could best address bycatch globally. There is much value in taking an integrated approach to bycatch reduction, rather than focusing on specific fisheries or specific bycatch species. As such, EJF is calling for a UN FAO International Plan of Action (IPOA) on Bycatch Reduction and considers that the EU has both the ability and a responsibility to take the lead in proposing this initiative at the FAO. We believe that such action could complement and reinforce existing FAO initiatives designed to help individual species, such as the voluntary guidelines being drafted to reduce fishery-sea turtle interactions, and the International Plan of Action on Sharks and that on Seabirds. Details: London: EJF, 2005. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 18, 2013 at: http://www.imcsnet.org/imcs/docs/whats_the_catch_%20reducing_bycatch.pdf Year: 2005 Country: Europe URL: http://www.imcsnet.org/imcs/docs/whats_the_catch_%20reducing_bycatch.pdf Shelf Number: 129452 Keywords: Fishing Industry (Europe)Wildlife Conservation |
Author: Lutchman, Indrani Title: An Independent Review of the EU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Regulations Summary: Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing refers to fishing activities that do not comply with national, regional, or international fisheries conservation or management legislation or measures (Agnew & Barnes, 2004). IUU fishing is complex and affects many stakeholders from the individual artisanal fisher in national waters, to fishing fleets in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and the High Seas, to fish processor and fisheries managers in developed and developing countries. Illegal fishing occurs in every ocean in the world, resulting in the loss of individual jobs and income, depletion of existing fish stocks, damage to the marine environment, and loss of state revenue (Doulman, 2000). It affects activities both at sea and onshore, such as shipment, transportation, landing, importation and exportation, sale, and distribution of fish products (Gallic, 2008). IUU fishing also has the potential to reduce the amount of fish available to subsistence fishers and communities who rely on fish as their staple diet. For example in Sierra Leone, fish provides approximately 65% of the protein source consumed by the under-nourished population. Thus people's livelihoods and food security may be seriously threatened by the possibility of losing access to this food source as result of IUU fishing (Environmental Justice Foundation, n.d.). Details: London: Institute for European Environmental Policy, 2012. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 1, 2014 at: http://www.oakfnd.org/sites/default/files/IEEP_Independent%20Review%20of%20the%20EU%20IUU%20Regulations.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.oakfnd.org/sites/default/files/IEEP_Independent%20Review%20of%20the%20EU%20IUU%20Regulations.pdf Shelf Number: 133520 Keywords: Crime Against the EnvironmentFishing Industry (Europe)Illegal FishingWildlife Crime |