Report of the 2019 Symposium on Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and a Clean Environment

Report of the 2019 Symposium on Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and a Clean Environment

Shanghai, China, 8-12 April 2019

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 90 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-131740-2

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number No. 1269 - R1269

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Synopsis (short abstract) The 2019 annual meeting of the ICES-FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB) was held from 8 to 12 April 2019 in Shanghai, China. The meeting was hosted by FAO in close collaboration with the Shanghai Ocean University. More than 120 fishing technologists, scientists and other stakeholders, representing 23 countries from Europe, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia, attended this meeting. This report summarizes the four-day symposium, on “Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and a Clean Environment”, which was organized as part of the 2019 annual meeting of the ICES-FAO WGFTFB. The symposium comprised eight thematic sessions: (i) abandoned, lost and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG): assessment of quantity and measures to prevent ALDFG and its impact; (ii) interactions of protected species in capture fisheries; (iii) light, fish behaviour and fishing; (iv) technology and management to reduce bycatch and discards; (v) selectivity of fishing gear: means and methods; (vi) new technologies for fisheries research and education; (vii) energy, technology, analysis and simulation; and (viii) Chinese fisheries - status, challenges and future. The symposium provided an opportunity for fishing technologists and other experts from ICES and FAO member countries to exchange knowledge and ideas from around the world, especially from non-ICES member countries in Asia and Latin America.

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FAO. 2019. Report of the 2019 Symposium on Responsible Fishing Technology for Healthy Ecosystems and a Clean Environment, Shanghai, China, 8-12 April 2019. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1269. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/CA5742EN

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