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Conservation and Management Measure 2022-03 on Establishing a Harvest Strategy for key fisheries and stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Bycatch Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries Marine fishes Migratory species Precautionary principle Protection of species
Abstract

This Conservation and Management Measure of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) sets out processes for the development and implementation of a harvest strategy approach for each of the key fisheries or stocks under the purview of the Commission. This CMM establishes harvest strategies developed for a fishery that targets or catches either a single, or a number of, species (at the stock or management unit level) including as incidental catch, or stocks that are harvested by several fisheries. Harvest strategies shall set out the management actions necessary to achieve defined and agreed biological, ecological, economic and/or social objectives in the fisheries. Annex 1 lays down additional detail on the elements of a harvest strategy and roles and responsibilities of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies.

Full text
English
Website
cmm.wcpfc.int