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Ad-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

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) 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.

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