Report of the Technical Workshop on the Status, Limitations and Opportunities for Improving the Monitoring of Shark Fisheries and Trade. Rome, 3–6 November 2008.

The Technical Workshop on the Status, Limitations and Opportunities for Improving the Monitoring of Shark Fisheries and Trade considered global and country specific information on shark fisheries and trade to identify limitations and strategies for improving their monitoring. Reports from a selected number of main shark fishing and trading nations described the status of shark fisheries and the efforts towards the development of a National Plan of Action for Sharks. The workshop recomm ended actions to promote the implementation of National Plans of Action for Sharks and to address specific problems affecting catch and trade monitoring, including lack specificity in data, underestimated catch volumes, and limitations in the customs codes used in trade monitoring.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: FAO;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
Format: Book (series) biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I1121E
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i1121e.pdf
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