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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetJoin the work towards cetacean-free turbot fisheries in the Black Sea
Play a part in CetaByM, our pilot project to assess cetacean bycatch in Black Sea turbot gillnet fisheries and to test measures to mitigate the incidental catch of cetaceans
2023Also available in:
Turbot is one of the most valuable fish species in the Black Sea. Its fisheries are very important to local communities, primarily to small-scale fishers. The main gear used in turbot fisheries is gillnets with a legal mesh size of 400 mm. Unlike the other two species of dolphins in the Black Sea, the harbour porpoise is unable to detect turbot gillnets at a distance. By the time it does, it is usually too late to avoid the net and it becomes entangled. Studies suggest high harbour porpoise mortality levels and relevant authorities have been asked to develop and apply measures to reduce bycatch levels. The pilot project CetaByM, which aims to assess cetacean bycatch in Black Sea turbot gillnet fisheries and to test measures to mitigate the incidental catch of cetaceans, is carried out in partnership with the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area (ACCOBAMS), whose main purpose is to reduce threats to cetaceans, notably by improving current knowledge on these animals. -
MeetingAd-hoc Meeting of the Working Group on the Black Sea on Turbot Fisheries
GFCM Working Group on the Black Sea (WGBS). Constanta, Romania, 13-14 November 2014
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No results found.The ad-hoc meeting of the Working Group on the Black Sea on turbot fisheries was held at the “Grigore Antipa” National Institute for Marine Research Development, Constanta, Romania, on 13 and 14 November 2014. The meeting revised the existing GFCM recommendations and guidelines applicable to the turbot fisheries in the Black Sea, reviewed the existing management measures in the various Black Sea riparian states and provided advice on the management of the fisheries, for consideration by the GFCM Working Group on the Black Sea and the thirty-ninth session of the GFCM. The meeting concluded that measures which have the potential to facilitate combatting IUU fishing for turbot should be a priority in any management plan and to this end, the meeting outlined a number of key elements for the reduction of IUU fishing as well as a number of priority items needed to improve the management of the fishery. -
BookletStrategy for the sustainable development of Mediterranean and Black Sea Aquaculture 2018
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Aquaculture is a flourishing industry which plays a key role in Mediterranean and Black Sea riparian countries, under a blue growth perspective. According to current trends in aquaculture production and to some national aquaculture strategies, the production of farmed seafood is expected to substantially increase in the region over the next decades. This calls for a careful planning in order to ensure the long term social, economic and environmental sustainability of the sector. In light of emerging global challenges, the international community has been involved for decades in a common endeavour in favour of sustainable development and cooperation. The 1995 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and, more recently, the 2016 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are two milestones of this widespread mobilization. In the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the need to promote blue growth and develop sustainable aquaculture to ensure food security has been reiterated on several occasions. Acknowledging this growing trend and in line with its mandate, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean has recently adopted Resolution GFCM/41/2017/1 on a strategy for the sustainable development of Mediterranean and Black Sea aquaculture. This regional strategy has been developed as part of an extensive consultation process. It envisages a future for Mediterranean and Black Sea aquaculture where a level playing field is achieved and the promotion of the sector is ensured so that it is more competitive, sustainable, productive, profitable and equitable. It is expected that it will help Mediterranean and Black Sea riparian countries in formulating harmonized aquaculture activities and action plans, paying special attention to current priorities and specificities at the local, national, subregional and regional level. Based on three targets and associated outputs and activities, the strategy will be implemented as part of a process that is consistent with national and supranational aquaculture strategies in Mediterranean and Black Sea riparian countries.
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