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Conservation and Management Measure to Address the Impact of Purse Seine Activity on Cetaceans (CMM 2011–03).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Monitoring Data collection/reporting Fishing gear/fishing method Equipment Bycatch High seas Protection of species Marine mammals
Abstract

This Conservation and Management Measure of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), requires Commission Members, Cooperating non-Members and participating Territories (CCMs) to prohibit their flagged vessels from setting a purse seine net on a school of tuna associated with a cetacean in the high seas and exclusive economic zones of the Convention Area, if the animal is sighted prior to commencement of the set. CCMs shall require that, in the event that a cetacean is unintentionally encircled in the purse seine net, the master of the vessel shall ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to ensure its safe release and take other measures to protect the cetacean. In taking steps to ensure the safe release of the cetacean CCMs shall require the master of the vessel to follow any guidelines adopted by the Commission for the purpose of this measure. Certain monitoring and reporting obligations are imposed on CCMs.

Full text
English
Website
www.wcpfc.int