Recreational Fisheries in the Mediterranean Countries
Subtitle: A Review of Existing Legal Frameworks
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9789251058985
Description: The purpose of this study is to provide a snapshot of recreational fisheries legal frameworks within the Mediterranean with a view to promoting homogenous and comprehensive recreational fisheries management in the Mediterranean. The study reviews the existing laws and regulations concerning recreational fisheries adopted by Mediterranean countries. It provides first an overview of relevant international initiatives regarding the management of recreational fisheries and a summary of marine recreational fisheries within the Mediterranean basin. The core of the study focuses on a comparative analysis of the main management measures adopted by states, including: (i) access regimes to fisheries resources; (ii) conservation measures; (iii) special recreational fisheries regulations; and (iv) monitoring, control and surveillance of recreational fisheries.--Publisher's description.