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Keeping Illegal Fish and Timber off the Market: A Comparison of EU Regulations
01/10/2009
The summary points for this paper are:
* In response to the global problem of illegal logging and fishing, and the failure of the international com ...
Best Practice for High Seas Fisheries Management: Lessons Learned
01/05/2007
This briefing paper examines Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and the application of the Precautionary Approach (PA) to high seas management. While RF ...
Author: Chatham House (Marjorie Mooney-Seus, Fort Hill Associates & Andrew Rosenberg, University of New Hampshire)
Recommended Best Practice for Regional Fisheries Management Organisations
14/08/2007
This report is the result of the work of an independent panel set up by the High Seas Task Force to develop a ‘model RFMO‘ based on a compre ...
Author: Chatham House (Michael Lodge et al)
Recommended Best Practice for RFMOs (draft)
01/04/2007
This draft report aims to develop best practice for RFMOs, and is the product of work by the Independent High Level Panel on RFMOs established as a re ...
Author: Chatham House (Michael Lodge)
Managing International Fisheries: Improving Fisheries Governance by Strengthening Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
01/03/2007
This briefing paper contends that regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) are central to solving the international fisheries crisis. How ...
Author: Chatham House (Michael Lodge)
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations through Trade and Market Measures
01/05/2007
This briefing paper suggests that Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) can make more
effective use of trade and market measures in ach ...
Author: Chatham House (Richard Tarasofsky)
Managing Fishing Capacity and IUU Fishing in Cambodia
15/06/2007
Fact sheet from the Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC) Regional Consultative workshop on Capacity Reduction and IUU Fishing. ...
Author: Chief of Exploitation Division, Fisheries Administration, Cambodia
CITES Report on the Interpretation and Implementation of the Convention, in Relation to the Control of Trade at Sea
06/10/2006
This is the report of the 54th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, held in October 2006. The report documents workshop discussions on defining an ...
Author: CITES Standing Committee
Summary of e-Discussion Contributions From Actors in ACP Fisheries: Issues Discussed at the 27th Session of the Committee on Fisheries of the FAO
01/04/2007
Four subjects on the COFI agenda (March 2007) were of particular importance for ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries. These were:
• ...
Author: Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA)
Progress made with regards with regard to measures against IUU fishing, COFI, 29th session, 31 January-4 February 2011
03/09/2010
This paper addresses recent initiatives taken to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related activities. These initiatives ar ...
Development Impact of the Council Regulation Establishing a European Community System to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing on Commonwealth ACP Member Countries
01/11/2008
This report is in two parts:
Part A analyses the economic trends in ACP-EC fisheries trade and sheds some light on market share trends of other eff ...
Author: Commonwealth Secretariat
The New EC Regulation on Illegal Fishing: Implications for ACP Countries
01/02/2009
In September 2008, the Council of the European Union adopted EC No. 1005/2008 €establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate il ...
Author: Commonwealth Secretariat (Martin Tsamenyi, Mary Ann Palma, Ben Milligan & Kwame Mfodwo)
Monitoring International Wildlife Trade with Coded Species Data
08/02/2008
An important issue in the trade of illegally harvested fish and other products is the fact that species are often not reported accurately to customs a ...
Author: Conservation Biology, Vol 22 (Gerson et al)
Global patterns of marine turtle bycatch
06/04/2010
Fisheries bycatch is a primary driver of population declines in several species of marine megafauna (eg. elasmobranchs, mammals, seabirds, turtles). C ...
Author: Conservation Letters (Bryan P. Wallace, Rebecca L. Lewison, Sara L. McDonald, Richard K. McDonald, Connie Y. Kot, Shaleyla Kelez, Rhema K. Bjorkland, Elena M. Finkbeiner, S'rai Helmbrecht, & Larry B. Crowder)
Summary report of the contributions to the ACP E-consultation on Fisheries Research issues
31/08/2007
This is the summary report of the contributions to the CTA electronic discussion on research issues in ACP-EU fisheries relations (April-July 2007). S ...
Author: CTA, Euforic and CFFA
A Net with Holes: the Regional Fisheries Management System
22/10/2004
Some countries have suggested that action by regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) would be sufficient to solve the problem of high seas ...
Author: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Review of the Implementation of the Provisions of UN GA Resolution 61/105 Related to the Management of High Seas Bottom Fisheries
12/06/2009
This report assesses the actions taken in accordance with United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) resolution 61/105 adopted in December 2006, which ca ...
Author: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC)
Frequently Asked Questions, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
31/07/2009
Defra has produced a document responding to some of the most commonly asked questions about the EC regulation, which comes into force in January 2010. ...
Author: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
Information Note Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Regulation, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
31/07/2009
The note explains the main requirements that the regulation will introduce as well as the approach to implementing it within the UK. Defra will be ove ...
Author: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
Impact Assessment of EU Regulation on Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing
20/07/2009
Defra have produced an interim impact assessment to quantify, where possible, some of the costs that may arise as a result of implementing this regula ...
Author: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) UK
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