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Conservation and Management Measures to develop and implement a harvest strategy approach for key fisheries and stocks in the WCPO (CMM 2014–06).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Precautionary principle Policy/planning Integrated management
Abstract

This Conservation and Management Measure of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), considering that the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries also recommends the implementation of stock specific target and limit reference points, inter alia, on the basis of the precautionary approach, expresses agreement that the Commission must develop and implement a harvest strategy approach for each of the key fisheries or stocks under the purview of the Commission according to the process set out in this conservation and management measure (CMM). A harvest strategy is a framework that specifies the pre-determined management actions in a fishery for defined species (at the stock or management unit level) necessary to achieve agreed biological, ecological, economic and/or social management objectives. the Measure sets out Harvest Strategy principles and elements. Special requirements of Developing States are taken into consideration.

Full text
English
Website
www.wcpfc.int