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National Fish Aggregating Device Management Policy 2002.

Country/Territory
Papua New Guinea
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
A Management Policy for the Deployment and Use of Anchored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Papua New Guinea Purse-Seine Tuna Fishery.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Business/industry/corporations Bycatch Certification Fishery management and conservation Fishing area Fishing authorization Fishing gear/fishing method Fishing vessel Foreign fishing Mariculture Marine protected areas Maritime zone Monitoring Policy/planning Precautionary principle Protected fishing area Protection of species Territorial sea Procedural matters Data collection/reporting Marine fisheries Aquaculture Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

The National Fish Aggregating Devices Management Plan lays down strategies for the management of the surface fishery for tuna using fish aggregating devices, including the terms and conditions for licensing, and the limits on the number of licensed Fish Aggregating Devices; minimum design standards for FADs, and the responsibility for the design, operation and maintenance of FADs of the companies deploying the FADs; application process for the deployment of FADs; location of FADs in the fishery waters of Papua New Guinea and reporting and marking of FADs; prohibited areas and marine protected areas; prohibition of setting and fishing on FADs in the Archipelagic Waters for foreign vessels; monitoring of wide spread use of FADs in the purse-seine fishery; monitoring the sizes of tuna; reporting requirements for FAD fishing, including the quantities and the average size of the main species of tuna in the catches, by-catch, and the incidental catch of small tuna; and the access to FAD areas. The use of anchored and Fish Aggregating Devices or Payaos in the purse-seine fishery for tunas in Papua New Guinea Declared Fishing Zone will be controlled and monitored in accordance with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing.

Full text
English
Website
png-data.sprep.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Fisheries Management Act, 1998.

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 1998 (2006)

Keyword: Framework law, Marine fisheries, Inland fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Foreign fishing, Enforcement/compliance, Fishing gear/fishing method, Aquaculture, Total allowable catch, Institution, Policy/planning, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, Traditional rights/customary rights, Artisanal fishing, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX