Bycatch in small-scale tuna fisheries : a global study /
The aim of the study was to quantify catches of tuna and bycatch in small-scale pelagic fisheries. Additional goals were to identify on a global scale information gaps, major issues and management concerns associated with these fisheries and their bycatch. The study made estimates of tuna and non-tu...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Rome :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
2011
|
| Series: | FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper ;
560 |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | The aim of the study was to quantify catches of tuna and bycatch in small-scale pelagic fisheries. Additional goals were to identify on a global scale information gaps, major issues and management concerns associated with these fisheries and their bycatch. The study made estimates of tuna and non-tuna catches in the small-scale fisheries of 181 ocean areas. The total amount of tuna produced by these fisheries was around 681 000 tonness per year in the mid-2000s. About 753 000 tonnes of non-tuna was produced by those same fisheries. The major priorities for improving our understanding of bycatch in small-scale pelagic fisheries are improved coverage of bycatch by the tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) that collect such information, increased involvement of the other tuna RFMOs in small-scale pelagic fisheries, verification of the high reported catches from small-scale pelagic fisheries in Indonesia, and greater technical details on the small-scale pelagic fisheries that take sensitive species |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | xi, 116 p. ; 25 cm xi, 116 pages ; 25 cm Also freely available online |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-56) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9251068496 9789251068496 |
| ISSN: | 2070-7010 ; |