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Resolution 15/08 on Procedures on a FADs management plan, including a limitation on the number of FADs, more detailed specs of catch reporting from FAD sets, & the development of improved FAD designs to reduce incidence of entanglement of non-target species.

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Monitoring Data collection/reporting Fishing gear/fishing method Equipment Fishing vessel Marine fishes Marking/identification Bycatch Cartilaginous fishes
Abstract

This Resolution of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, paragraph 1 of the IOTC Agreement, applies to IOTC Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting parties (CPCs) having purse seine vessels and fishing on Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (DFADs), equipped with instrumented buoys for the purpose of aggregating tuna target species, in the IOTC area of competence. It sets the maximum number of instrumented buoys active and followed by any purse seine vessels at 550 instrumented buoys at any one time, the active number being calculated as the number of active buoys operated by a purse seine vessel. The number of instrumented buoys that shall be acquired annually for each purse seine vessel is set at no more than 1100. A CPC may adopt a lower limits for vessels flying its flag. All CPCs shall ensure that all fishing vessels as referred to in paragraph 1 shall record fishing activities in association with FADs using the specific data elements found in Annex I (DFAD) and Annex II (AFAD) in the section of the “FAD-logbook”. CPCs having vessels fishing on FADs shall submit, to the Commission, on an annual basis, Management Plans for the use of FADs by each of their purse seine vessels covered by this Resolution and shall submit such plans to the IOTC. All CPCs shall require all artificial FADs deployed or modified by their flagged fishing vessels in the IOTC area of competence to be marked in accordance with a detailed marking scheme, e.g. including FAD marking or beacon ID. The marking scheme shall be developed and considered for adoption by the Commission.

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English
Website
www.iotc.org

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Resolution 17/08 on Procedures on a FADs management plan, including a limitation on the number of FADs, more detailed specs of catch reporting from FAD sets, & the development of improved FAD designs to reduce incidence of entanglement of non-target species.

Legislation | 2017

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting, Fishing gear/fishing method, Equipment, Fishing vessel, Marine fishes, Marking/identification, Bycatch, Cartilaginous fishes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX