FAO TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT3. Managing fishing capacity
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FAO. Fisheries management. 3. Managing fishing capacity. FAO Technical Guidelines
for Responsible Fisheries. No. 4, Suppl. 3.
Rome, FAO. 2008. 104p
ABSTRACT Overcapacity is a key factor contributing to the decline in many of the
world’s fisheries. The FAO International Plan of Action for the
Management of Fishing Capacity (IPOA-Capacity) encourages States to
address this problem through capacity management in order to align fishing
capacity with the sustainable use of their fish stocks. |
Preparation of this document
Abstract
List of tables, figures and boxes
Acronyms and abbreviations
Background
1 Introduction
1.1 Overexploitation in world fisheries
1.2 The International Plan of Action for the Management of
Fishing Capacity
(IPOA-Capacity)
1.3 Objectives of these Guidelines
2 Basic concepts
2.1 Why look at capacity?
2.2 Definitions of key concepts
2.3 Causes of overcapacity
2.4 The dynamic nature of fishing capacity
3 Developing a Plan of Action for Managing Fishing Capacity
3.1 Specification of objectives and goals of capacity management
3.2 Stakeholder engagement
3.3 Assessment of target and current capacity
3.4 Management instruments and actions to achieve target
capacity
3.5 Monitoring and data requirements
4 Assessing, measuring and monitoring capacity
4.1 Defining a fishery
4.2 Simple fishery case
4.3 More complicated fisheries
5 Managing fishing capacity: management measures and their effects
5.1 Capacity management, effort management and fisheries
management
5.2 Types of fisheries management measures and their relationship
with
fishing capacity
5.3 Subsidies
5.4 Stakeholder participation
5.5 International considerations
6 Transitional considerations for capacity reduction
6.1 Allocation and distributional issues
6.2 Social considerations
6.3 Legal considerations
6.4 Financial Considerations
6.5 Political and institutional considerations
6.6 Management and managerial considerations
6.7 Natural disasters
7 Building institutional capacity
7.1 Training needs
7.2 Research needs
7.3 Scientific cooperation
7.4 Physical capital
7.5 Legal frameworks
8 Summary of key actions
References
Appendix 1: FAO International plan of action for the management of
fishing capacity
Part I - Nature and Scope of the International Plan of Action
Part II - Objective and Principles
Part III - Urgent Actions
Part IV - Mechanisms to Promote Implementation
Appendix 2: FAO reports linked to the IPOA-Capacity (1999-2007)
Appendix 3: Different management systems and their implications for
capacity
3.1 Incentive-blocking programmes
3.2 Incentive-adjusting programmes
Appendix 4: Capacity utilization and efficiency: a primer