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Recommendation 19 : 2014 on area management measures for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Area, as amended (Rec. 07:2023).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Protected fishing area Fishing gear/fishing method Precautionary principle High seas Ecosystem preservation Coral Deep sea bed Marine area Aquatic animals
Abstract

The objective of this Recommendation is to ensure the implementation by NEAFC of effective measures to prevent significant adverse impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems known to occur or likely to occur in the NEAFC Regulatory Area based on the best available scientific information provided or endorsed by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The Recommendation contains provision with regard to regulation for bottom fishing, existing bottom fishing areas, area closure for the protection of VMEs, exploratory bottom fishing, assessment of proposed exploratory bottom fishing, encounters with possible VMEs and threshold levels. The text consists of 11 Articles and has 5 Annexes.

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Recommendation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the NEAFC Regulatory Area (Rec. 19:2014).

Legislation | 2014 (2015)

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring, Protected fishing area, Fishing gear/fishing method, Precautionary principle, High seas, Ecosystem preservation, Coral, Deep sea bed, Marine area, Aquatic animals

Source: FAO, FAOLEX