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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)Technical studyStatus of Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995
Proceeding of the Second FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries Shimizu, Japan 23 to 31 January 1995
1996Also available in:
No results found.This publication includes forty papers and two abstracts of papers presented at the Second FAO Expert Consultation on Pacific Tuna Fisheries held in Shimizu, Japan, from 23 to 31 January 1995. The topics of the papers include: · reviews of tuna fisheries interactions and their research including methods for their study, · new methods for studying tuna fisheries interactions and examination of their applicability, · case studies on tuna fisheries interactions, · analyses of tuna fisheri es involved in interactions and their management, and · an overview of FAO’s project that co-organized and co-sponsored the Consultation. A supplement of an indexed bibliography of papers on tuna and billfish tagging, which was printed separately, is also included. The objectives of the Consultation were to: · review and integrate the outcome of the studies on tuna fisheries interactions, · summarize the extent of tuna fisheries interactions and unresolved research problems, and · fo rmulate guidelines for research on tuna fisheries interactions. The understanding of tuna fisheries interactions was enhanced significantly by recent studies. However, the Consultation noted that the number of quantified interactions is still small due primarily to difficulties associated with evaluating such interactions. The papers providing supporting information for the conclusions of the Consultation are presented in this publication. Interactions were found to vary in significance depend ing on the biological characteristics of the species involved, the sizes of fish caught, the local and stock-wide rates of exploitation, and the distance among fisheries. In many of the studies presented, the inadequacy of fisheries data was stressed. In addition, the lack of understanding of movements of the fish being studied was noted in several papers. General qualitative guidelines presented in several discussion papers stressed that specifically-designed studies be undertaken to adequately quantify interactions. Well-designed tagging experiments were thought to provide the most reliable information about interactions. Guidelines for the collection of data, biological and ecosystem research, modelling, and alternative methodologies for studying tuna fisheries interactions are also included. -
Book (series)Technical studyImplementation of the 1993 FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas 2025
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No results found.In the wake of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which introduced the novel notion of the exclusive economic zone but at the same treated the remaining fisheries on the high seas parsimoniously, Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced the first legally binding instrument to specifically tackle the latter problem. Through the adoption of the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas in 1993 (Compliance Agreement), flag State responsibilities were spelled out in more detail in an attempt to conserve and manage the living resources of the high seas in a more effective manner. About 30 years later, FAO initiated a study to review the relevance of this instrument and explore options for strengthening its implementation and enforcement. The present Technical Paper represents the outcome of this study. -
Book (stand-alone)Meeting documentWECAFC - Report of the eight session of the Scientific Advisory Group. Merida, Mexico, 3-4 November 2017
Progress achieved under the WECAFC-FIRMS collaboration, and new developments
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No results found.This document presents the cross-cutting activities on data and statistics taking place under the WECAFC-FIRMS partnership, coordinated by the governing Task Force. The promising results which were achieved by the WECAFC-FIRMS phase 1 EU funded project are presented, many of which are being strengthened by the phase 2 project, the latter begun in synergy with other regional projects (e.g., CLEM+, recreational billfish). The WECAFC Data and Statistics Working Group will constitute a cornerstone o f this new project with the endorsement of a first draft of the Regional Data Collection Reference Framework, the endorsement of the Regional logbook guidelines, and the recommendations on the further development of the WECAFC Regional Database. Among the achievements presented is the EU DEVCO “FIT4CC” project proposal which is expected to boost national capacities in statistics and place in an operational mode the support tools to FMPs, including the regional database and a stock assessment cap acity. These integrated efforts taking place under the FIRMS Partnership provide the ingredients to enable WECAFC countries to progress towards SDG14.4 thanks to increased capacities for data collection, stock assessment and the use of the FIRMS monitoring framework for reporting on SDG14.4.1. The SAG is expected to acknowledge the results and on-going efforts of the project, to advise on the best way to prepare a successful FDS WG, to support FIT4CC and to provide directions Western Central Atl antic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Eighth Session of the Scientific Advisory Group Merida, Mexico 3 – 4 November 2017 Progress achieved under the WECAFC-FIRMS collaboration, and new developments 2 for the further steps of its formulation, and to advise on the implementation of SDG14.4.1 in the region.
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DocumentOther documentInternational Year of Forests 2011 – Celebrate forests every day 20112011 is a special year for forests and for all who care about them. To inaugurate it, FAO has created a special issue of Unasylva. More than 100 international days are celebrated throughout the year, in recognition of a vast range of issues, occupations, activities and cultural values important to humanity. What better way to demonstrate the myriad functions of forests than to show that forests have a link to almost all of them? The Unasylva Editor, Andrea Perlis, has compiled a collec tion of images that illustrate these links. With only photos and the briefest of stories, the issue expresses the theme of the international year – “Forests for people” – by showing how forests are important to nearly all kinds of human activity. So when you celebrate Peace Day in 2011 – or International Women’s Day, or Human Rights Day, or World Health Day– even International Civil Aviation Day – you can celebrate forests.
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Book (stand-alone)Corporate general interestالطريق إلى القضاء على الجوع 1945-2030 2017يعرض هذا الكتاب مجموعة صور فريدة من نوعها توثق كيف لعبت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة دوريا رائدا في الكفاح من أجل القضاء على الجوع في شتى أرجاء المعمورة منذ 1945. ويسلط الضوء على جهود المنظمة المتواصلة لمساعدة الدول الأعضاء لتحقيق هدف "القضاء على الجوع" في عالم متغير يواجه تحديات ملحة، من الهجرة إلى تغير المناخ. ويضع تمهيد المدير العام وديباجة مدير الإتصالات بالمنظمة القارئ في نسق عمل المنظمة ويوفرا له أمثلة حية حول كيف يمكن "للقضاء على الجوع" أن يغير حياة الناس نحو الأفضل. إلى جانب ذلك، يوفر الكتاب س يرة عن السفراء الخاصين للنوايا الحسنة الذين عينتهم المنظمة مؤخرا للقضاء على الجوع. ويضطلع هؤلاء السفراء الذين ينحدرون من مجالات مختلفة بمهمة إيصال إلى مناطقهم والعالم بأسره رسالة مفادها أنه بإمكاننا أن نصبح جيل القضاء على الجوع مع حلول عام 2030 . وبالإضافة إلى الصور والعناوين الخاصة بها، جاءت بعض النصوص المرافقة لها لتصف عمل المنظمة ولحظات مهمة في تاريخها على مر العقود. وبذلك، يمكن للقارئ أن يرى تفاصيل الصورة الكاملة.
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MeetingMeeting documentReport and Appendices of the 40th General Session of The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)
Rome, 22-24 April 2013
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No results found.The 40th General Session of the EuFMD Commission took place in Rome, Italy, on the 22 to 24th of April 2013, and was attended by representatives of 31 member countries. Representatives from ten observer countries, from the invited observer institutions with special Constitutional status (EC, OIE, FAO), and from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and civil society (industry) were registered and in attendance. There were in total around 100 persons.