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Book (stand-alone)Fishing capacity management and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Asia 2007
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No results found.The history of exploitation of wild fish stocks in Asia has been one of sequential overexploitation, open access fisheries and low profitability. Despite this history, there has been a growing recognition in recent years of the need to manage fish stocks for long-term sustainability. Some progress has been reported in attempting to assess fishing capacity in major fisheries and the number of specific capacity reduction programmes undertaken in the region has increased. However, the effectivenes s of these initiatives on a regional scale is not yet apparent since fishing capacity in both industrial scale and small-scale fisheries has continued to rise in the region and is now, on average, 12.5 percent above 2002 levels. At the same time, production has decreased. Many countries lack policy and operational tools for fisheries management. Methods for measuring fishing capacity, such as vessel licensing systems or census data, and catch and effort data systems, are often poorly develope d. Moreover, monitoring, control and surveillance capabilities are generally inadequate. Based on responses to questionnaires sent to 15 countries in the region as well as previously available information, this regional synthesis provides useful background material for identifying the major issues related to management of fishing capacity and illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing at both national and regional levels. -
Book (stand-alone)APFIC regional consultative workshop. Managing fishing capacity and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Asia 2007
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No results found.An account of the workshop held from 13 to 15 June 2007 in Phuket, Thailand. Experts from 13 commission member countries were present: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. The overall aim of the workshop was to raise awareness of and promote actions towards ensuring that fishing efforts are commensurate with the productive capacity of the fishery resource and their sustainable utilization ( FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries). At the global level, the call for States to reduce fishing capacity and combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is loud and clear. With a few exceptions, however, the responses at the national level have been much weaker, especially in Asian countries. Countries face the dilemma of either limiting access to fisheries resources, which runs the risk of cutting off an important source of livelihoods for poor communities, or keeping the commons open, in which case the resources will sooner or later be fished down (also impacting very negatively on poor communities in the longer-term). Most fisheries in the region, therefore, are still open access in nature, implying that capacity is not being managed and that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is still rampant. This report contains the workshop recommendations and conclusions as well as a "call for action" to pave the way forward on regional action and coordination. -
Book (series)Managing Fishing Capacity of the World Tuna Fleet 2003
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No results found.Current knowledge regarding the status of skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, albacore, and bluefin tunas is reviewed. All of these tunas with the exception of skipjack are nearly fully exploited or overexploited. There is widespread concern that this situation is the result of too much fishing capacity, and that as the world’s tuna fleets continue to grow the ability of managers to implement and sustain effective measures to conserve the tuna resources will be jeopardized. This document reviews cur rent measures being taken to address the problems of excess fishing capacity, discusses means of measuring capacity, and outlines options for controlling capacity in the future.
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