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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:
Fishing
Regulating
Preventing over-fishing
Restricting through regulations
Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources
Narrower:
Limiting fish farming
Establishing exclusive fishing zones
Minimizing incidental catch by fishing vessels on the high seas
Apply international provisions to fish populations on the high seas
Facilitates:
Conserving fish stocks
Promoting responsible fisheries
Conserving endangered species of fish
Conserving endangered species of crustacea
Facilitated by:
Strengthening developing country capability in conservation and sustainable use of high seas marine living resources
Problems:
Destructive fishing methods
Ecological 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
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Fisheries
Law
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Regulation
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: