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Title
Stakeholders’ Views on Methods to Identify the Ownership and Track the Position of Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices Used by Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries with Reference to the FAO Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear
Title (original)
Draft Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper on Stakeholders' views on methods to identify the ownership and track the position of drifting fish aggregating devices used by tuna purse seine fisheries
Description
In 2016 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened an Expert Consultation on the Marking of Fishing Gear, resulting in the development of Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear. Recognizing challenges with applying conventional methods of marking fishing gear to identify drifting FAD ownership and to implement a recommendation made by the Committee on Fisheries, in 2017, FAO conducted a global survey to obtain stakeholder views on FAO’s Draft Guidelines. This Circular presents the survey results on marking and tracking the position of drifting FADs; defining drifting FAD ownership; and defining, reporting and recovering abandoned, lost and discarded drifting FADs.
Authors
Eric Gilman, Beau Bigler and Bobby Muller, Gala Moreno, Erick D. Largacha and Martin Hall , Erick D. Largacha and Martin Hall, Wei-Chuan Chiang, Joanna Toole and Pingguo He
Publication year
2018
Resource type
Reports
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Impacts, reduction & retrieval of ALDFG
Waste prevention & management from fishing, aquaculture and ports
Number of links to resource
1
Other relevant information
Resource type: Session Background Document - Committee on Fisheries - Thirty-fourth Session This report has not yet been published as FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper/FAO Fisheries Circular, only this advanced copy published in 2018 is available.

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