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Co-Management Agreement for Sole Fishery between the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters and NASCOM.

País/Territorio
Gambia
Tipo de documento
Miscelanea
Fecha
2012
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Pesca
Palabra clave
Manejo y conservación pesquera Pesca artesanal Acuerdo subnacional Peces marinos
Área geográphica
Africa, Países menos desarrollados, Atlántico Norte, Sahel, Africa Occidental
Resumen

This Co-Management Agreement for the Sole fishery is based on sections 11, 14 and 15of the Fisheries 2007, which provide the authority for the Minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters to designate special management areas for the purpose of community-based co-management, to allocate fishing rights and to establish Community Fisheries Centers (CFCs) for the purposes of community-based fisheries management. Thus, the Minister of Fisheries declares a special management area for sole fisheries from the Atlantic shoreline and shorelines adjacent to the estuarine areas of The Gambia River out to 9 nautical miles, and assigns exclusive fishing rights and responsibility for sustainable management and conservation of the sole fishery to National Sole Fishery Co-Management Committee (NASCOM) and associated Landing sites Co-Management Committees (LACOMs) though local Community Fishing Centres.

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Página web
www.crc.uri.edu