| Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the Abnj - Their Value, and Options for Implementation: Fao Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Contributor(s): Food & Agriculture Organization (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9251311153 ISBN-13: 9789251311158 Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Fisheries & Aquaculture - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Law | Maritime |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.2" W x 11.6" (0.75 lbs) 92 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This paper discusses the potential value of catch documentation schemes (CDS) in deep-sea fisheries, and the implementation aspects that have to be taken into account to ensure the effectiveness of this trade-based tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The paper argues that the schemes are indeed useful for addressing IUU fishing practices known to occur in deep-sea fisheries, and that their adoption would improve compliance with fisheries management requirements. Key infringements that could be directly detected and addressed include - but are not limited to - violations of closed areas harbouring protected vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep ocean, and quota overfishing. The paper also establishes the notion that partial coverage of given species through a CDS at the level of regional fisheries management organizations is incongruous. Given that most deep-sea fisheries species have broad distributions that straddle many regional organizations, the most suitable implementation model appears to be a centrally operated electronic CDS platform - called a super-CDS - shared by a plurality of institutional and state players. |