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NPOA - Republic of Korea - National Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries

Year of publication 2014

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 40 p.

Author Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Korea

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Republic of Korea established the “National Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds” in January, 2014. The NPOA-Seabirds provides guidelines for reducing incidental catch of seabirds to all longline fisheries operating in the exclusive economic zone of Korea and to all Korean longline fisheries operating in waters outside the State.

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