Many regional fisheries councils and national governments inadequately report bycatch or do not have observers aboard to monitor let alone require fishers to implement bycatch mitigation gear or strategies.

The bycatch data is extrapolated from reported Hawaiian longline bycatch by U.S. NOAA Fisheries.

The Costs of Bycatch

Two kinds of bycatch plague a vessel. First, fishers catch and kill marine life that has little or no market value.

In fact, the swordfish caught by the world's leading swordfish harvesters Japan and Taiwan is primarily bycatch from tuna fisheries. In effect, the value of the bycatch fish may exceed the targeted fish.

A number of delegations referred to the problems of by catches as well as to the issue of destructive fishing practices, in particular bottom trawling.

Bycatch has extensive negative consequences on both the economy and biodiversity.

Estimates of seabird bycatch may even be much higher for some species.

Recognizing that inadequate flag State control over fishing vessels, including those fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, and insufficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures exacerbate the problem of overfishing,

Recognizing that the problem of overfishing continues to be exacerbated by inadequate flag State control over fishing vessels, including those fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, and insufficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures,

This portion of bycatch costs alone can be significant, especially in the longline fishery.

Noting with satisfaction the recent entry into force of the Inter American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and Their Habitats, which contains provisions to minimize the incidental catch of sea turtles in fishing operations,

In 2010 the by catch limit for loggerhead turtles was raised, but was restored to the former limit as a result of litigation.

Bycatch and overfishing impose significant costs on the oceans and society, most of which are not directly borne by the fishers themselves.

28. Also requests the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken

(a) Call for more timely and comprehensive reporting of catch and effort data, including for straddling fish stocks within and outside exclusive economic zones and for discrete high seas stocks, including by catch and discards

Bycatch destroys both predatory and prey species upon which complex ecosystems rely for survival, the long term consequences of which we are only now beginning to ascertain.

Many underlined the need to reduce excess fishing capacity and to maintain capacity at levels commensurate with the sustainability of target fish stocks.

Recalling that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999 adopted international plans of action for the management of fishing capacity, for reducing the incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheries and for the conservation and management of sharks,

Expand and strengthen enforcement and surveillance with special attention to IUU fishing Require longline fishing nations to release critical data Establish a global fund to assist developing nations in implementing sustainable fishing Require regional fisheries management organizations to require 100 percent observer coverage and the use of bycatch mitigation measures that minimize wildlife bycatch based on the best available science

We view as an important step forward the calls for specific action to prevent the decline of sea turtles and seabird populations by reducing bycatch.

Today, the depletion of ocean fisheries is so significant that effectively it is effecting the ability of the poor, the artisanal fisher folk and those who fish for their own livelihoods, to feed their families.

A Chief Executive Officer (Martin Collins) deals with policy matters and is Director of SGSSI Fisheries, responsible for the allocation of fishing licences.

The agreements often result in the depletion of fish stocks, limited fishing access to hereditary fishing areas, and damage to the marine ecosystem.

The swordfish fishery was closed and the tuna fishery subject to time area closures due to high levels of sea turtle and sea bird bycatch.

Recognizing also the need for appropriate measures to address lost or abandoned gear, including catches by derelict fishing gear, which adversely affects, inter alia, fish stocks and habitats,

Fisheries by catch and discards

Recognizing also the need for appropriate measures to address lost or abandoned gear, including catches by derelict fishing gear, which adversely affect inter alia fish stocks and habitats,

Extensive bycatch by longline vessels has significant, negative consequences for recreational fishing and other industries that rely on a healthy marine ecosystem.

Recognizing the need for appropriate measures to minimize waste, discards, loss of fishing gear and other factors, which adversely affect fish stocks,

Fisheries by catch and discards

It is estimated that global commercial fisheries generate roughly 44 billion pounds of wasted catch each year, including over 3 billion pounds by U.S. fishermen alone. Bycatch is both a problem for target as well as non target species.

Likewise, the Tribunal is empowered to order provisional measures pending agreement between coastal States and fishing States as concerns the conservation and management of straddling stocks.

As a geographically disadvantaged country bordering a sea which is poor in living resources and suffering from the depletion of fish stocks from its exclusive economic zone, Ukraine places special emphasis on the problem of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.

The 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement is an essential contribution to the law of the sea as regards the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks.

This is due to the asymptomatic growth of this cancer.

57 142. Large scale pelagic drift net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high seas illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fisheries by catch and discards, and other developments

It is estimated that more swordfish is caught by tuna longlines in the Pacific than longlines targeting swordfish and that such bycatch amounts to about 25 percent of the global catch.

Through the Agreement, States are obliged to cooperate in the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks.

52. Encourages States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement to give due consideration to participation, as appropriate, in regional and subregional instruments and organizations with mandates to conserve non target species taken incidentally in fishing operations

Encourages States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement to give due consideration to participation, as appropriate, in regional and subregional instruments and organizations with mandates to conserve non target species taken incidentally in fishing operations

The Review Conference of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement will be held next year to evaluate the effectiveness of the Agreement in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks.

Β. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FISHERY

(f) Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Fishing is conducted along 300 km of shoreline, and women are heavily engaged in this activity, thanks to the combined efforts of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion Women and Childhood and the oversight department.