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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyCatch documentation schemes for deep-sea fisheries in the ABNJ - Their value, and options for implementation
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 629
2018Also available in:
No results found.This paper discusses the potential value of catch documentation schemes (CDS) in deep-sea fisheries (DSF), and the implementation modalities that have to be envisaged, to ensure the effectiveness of this trade-based tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The paper argues that CDS are indeed capable of directly addressing a number of IUU fishing practices known to occur in DSF, and that their adoption would improve compliance with fisheries management requirements. Key infringements that may be directly detected and addressed through a CDS include – but are not limited to – violations of closed areas harbouring protected vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) in the deep ocean, and quota overfishing. The paper also establishes the notion that partial coverage of given species through a CDS at the level of individual RFMOs is incongruous from a trade monitoring and control perspective, and that CDS should be considered as either/or propositions with regard to species coverage. With most DSF species having broad distributions straddling many RFMOs, the implementation modality that avails itself as the most suitable option, enabling the operation of an effective CDS, is that of a centrally operated electronic CDS platform – called a super-CDS – shared by a plurality of institutional and state players. -
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 (stand-alone)Technical studySeafood traceability for fisheries compliance: country-level support for catch documentation schemes 2017
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No results found.Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing continues to plague the world’s capture fisheries. This can occur within national jurisdiction such as inland fisheries and Exclusive Economic Zones, as well as in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction governed by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations. It is the later that is the focus of this research, in which the authors define the core concepts and conduct SWOT analysis of country compliance of traceability requirements of their RFMOs. This study relies on the extensive background and expertise of its authors in catch documentation schemes and traceability in the seafood industry, in order to develop concrete recommendations on how to improve fish traceability systems to sustainably manage fisheries resources.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook 2013
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No results found.The purpose of the sourcebook is to further elaborate the concept of CSA and demonstrate its potential, as well as limitations. It aims to help decision makers at a number of levels (including political administrators and natural resource managers) to understand the different options that are available for planning, policies and investments and the practices that are suitable for making different agricultural sectors, landscapes and food systems more climate-smart. This sourcebook is a reference tool for planners, practitioners and policy makers working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries at national and subnational levels. The sourcebook indicates some of the necessary ingredients required to achieve a climate-smart approach to the agricultural sectors, including existing options and barriers. Read the executive summary here. -
DocumentTechnical reportThe ‘Livestock Revolution’: Rhetoric and Reality
Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock
2009Also available in:
No results found.This Research Report presents an explorative cross-country analysis of trends in consumption of animal source food in 88 developing countries over the period 1980-2003. Following the falsifiability criterion proposed by Karl Popper, the Report makes some falsifiable statements about the Livestock Revolution, and then looks for possible conflicting evidence at regional and country level. Both a macro- and a micro-perspective, focusing on country total and per capita consumption of animal source f ood, provides evidence that the Livestock Revolution has been, at least so far, a very circumscribed phenomenon affecting only few countries and some livestock commodities. However, given that a number of highly populated developing countries are fast-growing economies (including China, India, Indonesia and Brazil), a large share of the world’s population lives in countries which are recording remarkable increases in the consumption of animal source food. The question remains, whether the term L ivestock Revolution is appropriate to represent trends which have hitherto involved only a minority of developing countries. -
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