Deep-sea fisheries in the high seas: a trawl industry perspective on the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1036

Deep-sea fisheries in the high seas

A trawl industry perspective on the International Guidelines for
the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2008

ABSTRACT

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Deep-sea fisheries in the high seas: a trawl industry perspective on the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1036. Rome, FAO. 2008. 22p.

This document contains the results and recommendations of the discussions that took place during the Skippers and Fleet Managers Workshop to Review the International Guidelines on the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas which was held from 26 to 28 May 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The workshop was organized to obtain an industry perspective on the draft FAO International Guidelines on the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas and to solicit industry views and advice on how to conduct fisheries research from commercial vessels and to minimize adverse impacts on benthic habitat and vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs).

Table of Contents


Foreword
Note from the Workshop Secretariat
Profiles of the Participants
Executive Summary
Industry Perspective on Deep-sea Fisheries in the High seas
	General comments
	The International Guidelines on the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas
	Skippers certification
	Fishing gear impact
	Data and research
	Observers
	Data security
	Management tools
	Discards/offal
Messages to Policy-makers and the Public
	What is the most important point you would like to present to policy-makers regarding your deep-sea fishery?
	What do you feel is the biggest problem to resolve regarding your deep-sea fisheries?
	How do you see the reputation of deep-sea fishing on the high seas being improved?
Abstracts of Presentations
	Faroese quest for orange roughy
	Aimed trawling in the Indian Ocean
	Reducing bottom impact in trawl fisherie
References

Annex I – List of participants Annex II – Agenda and timetable

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