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Conservation and Management Measure for Gillnets in the SPRFMO Convention Area (CMM 08-2013).

Country/Territory
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Fishing gear/fishing method Ecosystem preservation Deep sea bed
Abstract

This Measure of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), taking into account Resolution 46/215 Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing and its impact on the living marine resources of the world’s oceans and seas adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and concerned possible impact of large-scale pelagic gillnets and deepwater gillnets on fishery resources, bycatch species and deep sea habitats, including the impact of lost and/or abando

Full text
English
Website
www.sprfmo.int