At present there is no comprehensive data collection at the international level of integrated environmental and economic data for fisheries. The issue, however, is getting increasing attendance and therefore the Handbook includes a short reference to this topic.
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Bibliography
United Nations. 2014. System of Environmental Economic Accounting 2012 - Central Framework. UN/FAO Studies Series F, No. 109 (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/109). New York, UN. 346 pp. (also available at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seearev/seea_cf_final_en.pdf).
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Resources for integrated environmental and economic accounting for fisheries
Ottaviani, D., Tsuji, S. & De Young, C. 2016. Lessons learned in water accounting: the fisheries and aquaculture perspective in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical...
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The scope of this Handbook is to:
Document concepts that are relevant to capture fishery and aquaculture statistics Define statistical standards for specialized concepts as adopted by CWP Define statistical standards for concepts that have a wider scope as...
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CWP follows internationally-agreed statistical concepts, standards, classifications and practices and develops this general approach with methodologies and guidelines that are specific to capture fishery and aquaculture statistics. The Handbook is the documentation of this work.
Many of the CWP-defined concepts,...
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The eleventh session of the then Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics (now Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics; CWP) proposed in 1982 that a Handbook of Fishery Statistics (referred herein as the Handbook) be brought together. The first...
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Logbooks are records of catch and effort registered at the time of the catch operation. The records can be in books or on electronic media. Data transmission to authorities can be at the time of landings or immediately after the...
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With the ever-growing amount of control being exercised in many fisheries, the provision of statistical information has become increasingly used or contemplated as a mandatory requirement for the granting of licenses or permits to fish. Even where no licensing system...
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The requirement for the use of logbooks is usually dependent on the size of the vessel and the fishery sector. For example, the European Union requires that all commercial fishing vessels over 10 meters in length should use logbooks, except...
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Vessel transmitted information
Vessel transmitted information (VTI) includes the reporting of catch, effort and entry and exit notifications, and may be supplemented by data from a vessel monitoring system (VMS) or an automatic identification system (AIS) which are submitted by...
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