This paper discusses the potential value of catch documentation schemes (CDS) in deep-sea fisheries, and the implementation aspects that have to be taken into account to ensure the effectiveness of this trade-based tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The paper argues that the schemes are indeed useful for addressing IUU fishing practices known to occur in deep-sea fisheries, and that their adoption would improve compliance with fisheries management requirements. Key infringements that could be directly detected and addressed include - but are not limited to - violations of closed areas harbouring protected vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep ocean, and quota overfishing. The paper also establishes the notion that partial coverage of given species through a CDS at the level of regional fisheries management organizations is incongruous. Given that most deep-sea fisheries species have broad distributions that straddle many regional organizations, the most suitable implementation model appears to be a centrally operated electronic CDS platform - called a super-CDS - shared by a plurality of institutional and state players.
| ISBN: | 9789251311158 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2019 |
| Author: | Gilles Hosch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher: | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations an imprint of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 92 pages |
| Series: | FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper |
| Genres: |
Energy and natural resources law |
This paper discusses the potential value of catch documentation schemes (CDS) in deep-sea fisheries, and the implementation aspects that have to be taken into account to ensure the effectiveness of this trade-based tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The paper argues that the schemes are indeed useful for addressing IUU fishing practices known to occur in deep-sea fisheries, and that their adoption would improve compliance with fisheries management requirements. Key infringements that could be directly detected and addressed include - but are not limited to - violations of closed areas harbouring protected vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep ocean, and quota overfishing. The paper also establishes the notion that partial coverage of given species through a CDS at the level of regional fisheries management organizations is incongruous. Given that most deep-sea fisheries species have broad distributions that straddle many regional organizations, the most suitable implementation model appears to be a centrally operated electronic CDS platform - called a super-CDS - shared by a plurality of institutional and state players.
Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the ABNJ features in the following genres: Energy and natural resources law
Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the ABNJ is available in Paperback
Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the ABNJ was written by Gilles Hosch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations an imprint of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -
Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the ABNJ has 92 pages
Yes it is part of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper series