Report of the Technical Workshop on the Status, Limitations and Opportunities for Improving the Monitoring of Shark and Fisheries Trade
Subtitle: Rome, 3-6 November 2008
Series: FAO fisheries and aquaculture report -- no. 897; FAO fisheries and aquaculture report -- no. 897.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789251064351
Subjects: Shark fisheries; Congresses; Fishery management
Description: The technical workshop considered global and country specific information on shark fisheries and trade to identify limitations and strategies for improving their monitoring. Reports from a selected number of main shark fishing and trading nations described the status of shark fisheries and the efforts towards the development of a National Plan of Action for Sharks. The workshop recommended actions to promote the implementation of National Plans of Action for Sharks and to address specific problems affecting catch and trade monitoring, including lack specificity in data, underestimated catch volumes, and limitations in the customs codes used in trade monitoring.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "FIMF/R897 (En)"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.

Some contributions in French and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Background and objectives of the workshop; title: Participating countries; title: Opening; title: Workshop programme; title: Conclusions and recommendations. National plan of action for sharks (NPOA-Sharks); title: Lack of specificity in data; title: Volume of catches; title: Trade limitation; title: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).