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Monitoring discards in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries: methodology for data collection | Carpentieri, 2019

Objective of the guidelines

The main objective of these guidelines is to develop and implement an efficient and harmonized monitoring system for discards in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. They include:

  • A minimum set of standards for the collection of discards data
  • Standardized data requirements, including the forms to be used
  • Minimum standards for the development of a data collection programme in countries without a discard monitoring programme.

In addition, a minimum set of data (e.g. presence and abundance) should be collected for the incidental catch of vulnerable species (i.e. marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and elasmobranchs), for the main benthic species (sponges, corals etc.), and for the composition of marine litter.

 

Download the publication

The appendices to the publication – for the on-board observations, questionnaires, and for the self-sampling operations – are available at the links below. A description of the appendices including instructions for how to complete them can be found in the methodology “Monitoring discards in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries”.

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