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Recommendation GFCM/36/2012/3 on fisheries management measures for the conservation of sharks and rays in the GFCM area of application.

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Cartilaginous fishes Protection of species International organization Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance Fishery management and conservation Fishing gear/fishing method Fishing vessel Coastal zone management Marine fisheries Precautionary principle Processing/handling Registration Transshipment Landing
Abstract

The prohibitions for the conservation of sharks and rays are listed in Part II as: (I) finning, (II) beheading and skinning of specimens on board and before landing, (III) purchasing, offering for sale or selling shark fins which have been removed, retained on board, transshipped or landed in contravention of this recommendation, and (IV) fishing activities carried out with trawl nets within 3 nautical miles off the coast. Contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties shall ensure a high protection from fishing activities to elasmobranch species listed in Annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol of the Barcelona Convention, which must be released unharmed and alive. Specimens of shark species as listed in Annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol cannot be retained on board, transshipped, landed, transferred, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale. Information on fishing activities, catch data, incidental catches, release and/or discarding events for shark species listed either in Annex II or Annex III of the SPA/BD Protocol, shall be recorded by the ship owners in the logbook and these information shall be submitted to the GFCM Secretariat by the national authorities of the contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties.

Full text
English
Website
www.fao.org

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Amended by

Recommendation GFCM/42/2018/2 on fisheries management measures for the conservation of sharks and rays in the GFCM area of application, amending Recommendation GFCM/36/2012/3.

Legislation | 2018

Keyword: Protection of species, International organization, Data collection/reporting, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing gear/fishing method, Fishing vessel, Enforcement/compliance, Coastal zone management, Cartilaginous fishes, Landing, Precautionary principle, Processing/handling, Registration, Transshipment, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX