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Recommendation establishing a minimum conservation reference size for European hake in the Mediterranean Sea (REC.CM-GFCM/40/2016/5).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Data collection/reporting Monitoring Marine fishes Stock enhancement/repopulation Size Bycatch
Abstract

This Recommendation of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), considering that the hake stock in the Mediterranean Sea is liable to overfishing and that the GFCM shall apply the precautionary approach in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, seeks to protect juvenile European hake in the Mediterranean Sea. The minimum conservation reference size for European hake in the whole area covered by this recommendation is fixed at 20 cm total length. Undersized hake shall not be caught, retained on board, transhipped, transferred, landed, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale and incidental catch of undersized hake shall be recorded by vessels and must be landed. The GFCM Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties (CPCs) shall establish an adequate mechanism for recording catches of undersized specimens of European hake.

Full text
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Website
www.fao.org