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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.

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
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) 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 specifies the maximum number of instrumented buoys active and followed by any purse seine vessels at any one time and the number of instrumented buoys that shall be acquired annually for each purse seine vessel. A CPC may adopt a lower limits for vessels flying its flag. All CPCs shall ensure that all fishing vessels as referred to in in this Resolution 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.

Full text
English
Website
www.iotc.org

References - Legislation

Repeals

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.

Legislation | 2015

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

Repealed by

Resolution 18/08 on Procedures on a Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) Management Plan, including a Limitation on the number of FADs, more detailed specifications of catch reporting from FAD sets, and the Development of improved FAD designs to reduce incidence of entanglement of Non-target species.

Legislation | 2018

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