strategy
Regulating fishing
Synonyms:
Regulating fisheries Description:
Regulating who may fish, when and where they may fish, what methods they may use, and/or what they may catch. Broader:
FishingRegulatingPreventing over-fishingRestricting through regulationsEnsuring sustainable use of marine living resources Narrower:
Limiting fish farmingEstablishing exclusive fishing zonesMinimizing incidental catch by fishing vessels on the high seasApply international provisions to fish populations on the high seas Facilitates:
Conserving fish stocksPromoting responsible fisheriesConserving endangered species of fishConserving endangered species of crustacea Facilitated by:
Strengthening developing country capability in conservation and sustainable use of high seas marine living resources Problems:
Destructive fishing methodsEcological disruption of animal breeding grounds
Hunting of marine animals
Lack of integrated marine resource management
Limited observance of fishing quotas
Unsustainable exploitation of fish resources
Unsustainable harvesting rates
Organizations:
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Mixed Commission for Black Sea Fisheries International Commission for Agreement on the Danube Fishing International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission Agreement regarding the regulation of plaice and flounder fishing in the Baltic Sea Temporary agreement for the regulation of the fisheries in waters contiguous to the Northern coasts of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Agreement concerning measures for the protection of the stocks of deep-sea prawns International convention for the high seas fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean Agreement relating to the International convention for regulating the police of the North Sea fisheries Convention concerning fishing in the waters of the Danube Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources of the high seas Convention concerning fishing in the Black Sea Agreement concerning protection of the salmon in the Baltic Sea Convention on fishing and conservation of the living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts Protocol to the Conference of the States parties to the Convention on fishing and conservation of living resources in the Baltic sea and the belts Convention for the conservation of salmon in the North Atlantic ocean Convention for the conservation of anadromous stocks Subjects:
Agriculture, Fisheries → FisheriesLaw → Regulation
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
