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Resolution on a three-year program to mitigate the impact of tuna fishing on sea turtles (C-04-07).

Country/Territory
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Research Bycatch Data collection/reporting Monitoring Protection of species Turtles
Abstract

This Resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) invites Contracting Parties, cooperating non-Parties, fishing entities and regional economic integration organizations (“CPCs”) to collect, and provide to the IATTC, all available information on fishery interactions with sea turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), including both incidental and direct catches and other impacts on sea turtle populations. The Commission should review the effectiveness of the mitigation measures and their impact on catches of both sea turtles and target species. Interested CPCs, in cooperation with the IATTC, should assign a high priority to conducting research on the interaction between small-scale artisanal fisheries and bycatch of sea turtles in coastal areas.

Full text
English
Website
www.iattc.org