Report of the Expert Workshop to Estimate the Magnitude of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Globally. Borgo di Tragliata, Rome, 2-4 February 2015
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains one of the greatest threats to aquatic ecosystems, undermining national and regional efforts to manage fisheries sustainably and conserve aquatic biodiversity. In 2003 it was estimated that the lower and upper estimates of the total value of IUU fishing worldwide were between $10bn and $23bn annually, representing between 11.06 and 25.91 million tonnes of fish. Recognizing that it is now over ten years since the original study, the magnitude and characteristics of IUU fishing are likely to have changed significantly. Accordingly, a new estimate of IUU fishing involving FAO is timely. Within this context, FAO convened an expert workshop to consider approaches to developing a robust methodology to estimate IUU fishing globally. The workshop was held in Borgo di Tragliata, Rome, from 2-4 February 2015 and was attended by key experts in their individual capacity. The main conclusions include the role of FAO to coordinate a global estimate of IUU fishing, through actions proposed including inter alia: i) FAO to prepare a report titled ‘A study of studies on IUU fishing estimation’, and to draft ‘technical guidelines to estimate IUU fishing’, and; ii) to further consider how the above actions could be combined to develop a global estimate of IUU fishing.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Rome (Italy) FAO
2015
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| Subjects: | fishery management, illegal practices, monitoring, regulations, aquatic environment, biodiversity conservation, sustainability, |
| Online Access: | http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5028e.pdf |
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