Western Australian Rock Lobster – certified March 2000
... resource managers, creating an incentive to maintain sustainable fisheries resources. The objective of this case study is to provide early indicators of the benefits of seafood ecolabeling, and in particular, the impact of the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) fisheries certification program and ec ...
... resource managers, creating an incentive to maintain sustainable fisheries resources. The objective of this case study is to provide early indicators of the benefits of seafood ecolabeling, and in particular, the impact of the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) fisheries certification program and ec ...
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... Development of catch triggers (target species) Development of performance indicators Triggers for by product, by catch, for some species ...
... Development of catch triggers (target species) Development of performance indicators Triggers for by product, by catch, for some species ...
Annual Report 2007 (File Size: 124,94 Kb)
... Centers of the other Member States to monitor the Cyprus fishing vessels as long as they are fishing inside their Territorial Waters. The same is also applied for the fishing vessel carrying the flag of other Member States, when these vessels enter the Cyprus Territorial Waters. It is very important ...
... Centers of the other Member States to monitor the Cyprus fishing vessels as long as they are fishing inside their Territorial Waters. The same is also applied for the fishing vessel carrying the flag of other Member States, when these vessels enter the Cyprus Territorial Waters. It is very important ...
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Illegal fishing takes place when vessels or harvesters operate in violation of the laws of a fishery. This can apply to fisheries that are under the jurisdiction of a coastal state or to high seas fisheries regulated by regional fisheries management organisations (RFMO). According to FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, illegal fishing has caused losses estimated at US$23 billion per year with about 30 percent of illegal fishing in the world occurring in Indonesia alone.Unreported fishing is fishing that has been unreported or misreported to the relevant national authority or RFMO, in contravention of applicable laws and regulations.Unregulated fishing generally refers to fishing by vessels without nationality, vessels flying the flag of a country not party to the RFMO governing that fishing area or species on the high seas, or harvesting in unregulated areas.The drivers behind illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are similar to those behind many other types of international environmental crime: pirate fishers have a strong economic incentive -- many species of fish, particularly those that have been over-exploited and are thus in short supply, are of high financial value.Such IUU activity may then show a high chance of success – i.e. a high rate of return – from the failure of governments to regulate adequately (e.g. inadequate coverage of international agreements), or to enforce national or international laws (e.g. because of lack of capacity, or poor levels of governance). A particular driver behind IUU fishing is the failure of a number of flag states to exercise effective regulation over ships on their registers — which in turn creates an incentive for ships to register under these flags of convenience.Since no-one is reporting catches made by pirates, their level of fishing cannot be accurately quantified. However, industry observers believe IUU occurs in most fisheries, and accounts for up to 30% of total catches in some important fisheries.