Catch documentation schemes for deep-sea fisheries in the ABNJ - Their value, and options for implementation
Catch documentation schemes for deep-sea fisheries in the ABNJ - Their value, and options for implementation

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9251311153

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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.

Understanding and implementing catch documentation schemes
Understanding and implementing catch documentation schemes

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2022-02-04

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9251356068

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Catch documentation schemes (CDS) are just one in an array of tools designed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The schemes provide a means for countries to cooperate in providing information about the legality of fish as it moves through the supply chain, from catch to market. Many countries are familiar with the specific information requirements on CDS forms; some, however, are less aware of the need for robust national systems to validate and verify that information. This document seeks to align and improve existing national monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) tools, as well as product tracking systems, in order to support more effective national CDS implementation and strengthen CDS throughout the international supply chain. The document contains chapters on the legal and policy background to CDS, an introduction to the features and requirements of existing schemes, as well as guidance on how to handle CDS information requirements and identify national key data elements. Finally, it provides a series of exercises for assessing relevant national capabilities and coordination processes, including the management and exchange of information.

Seafood traceability for fisheries compliance:
Seafood traceability for fisheries compliance:

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-11-09

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9251300402

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How can individual countries in seafood supply chains maximize effectiveness of catch documentation schemes? This study suggests that monitoring is key in flag, coastal and end-market states, whereas country-level traceability is critical in port and processing states.

The New Entrants Problem in International Fisheries Law
The New Entrants Problem in International Fisheries Law

Author: Andrew Serdy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-02-19

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1316194159

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Are international fisheries heading away from open access to a global commons towards a regime of property rights? The distributional implications of denying access to newcomers and re-entrants that used the resource in the past are fraught. Should the winners in this process compensate the losers and, if so, how? Regional fisheries management organisations, in whose gift participatory rights increasingly lie, are perceptibly shifting their attention to this approach, which has hitherto been little analysed; this book provides a review of the practice of these bodies and the States that are their members. The recently favoured response of governments, combating 'IUU' - illegal, unregulated and unreported - fishing, is shown to rest on a flawed concept, and the solution might lie less in law than in legal policy: compulsory dispute settlement to moderate their claims and an expansion of the possibilities of trading of quotas to make solving the global overcapacity issue easier.

Report of the Expert Consultation on Data Formats and Procedures for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
Report of the Expert Consultation on Data Formats and Procedures for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9789251052693

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This publication contains the report of an FAO meeting, held in Bergen, Norway in October 2004, to discuss implementation of the International Plan of Action to Deter, Prevent and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU). The meeting made a number of recommendations for more effective harmonisation and exchange of fishing vessel information. Topics covered at this meeting include: fishing vessel monitoring system reporting procedures; licences and fishing authorisations; exchange of catch certificates and trade documents; electronic fishing logbooks; progress made by the Co-ordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP); the use of Customs Tariff Codes; and linkages with traceability and ecolabelling.

Report of the Twenty-second Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics
Report of the Twenty-second Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9789251057742

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Topics discussed at this meeting included options for enhancing regional fishery bodies and the FishCode Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries partnership; a review of progress by member organisations; aquaculture statistics; issues related to vessel and port classification; fishery data quality indicators; and the status of FishStat Plus.

Product Certification and Ecolabelling for Fisheries Sustainability
Product Certification and Ecolabelling for Fisheries Sustainability

Author: Cathy A. Roheim

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9789251046975

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This document considers product certification and ecolabelling schemes used for fish and fishery products. It discusses the characteristics and theoretical foundations of these programmes, the links to international trade law; and other institutional aspects.