Managing sea cucumber fisheries with an ecosystem approach
By: by Steven W. Purcell ; edited and compiled by Alessandro Lovatelli, Marcelo Vasconcellos, and Yimin Ye
Contributors: Lovatelli, Alessandro; Vasconcellos, Marcelo; Ye, Yimin, 1958-; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Series: FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper -- 520
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9789251064894
Subjects: Management; Trepang fisheries
Description: "Sea cucumbers are important resources for coastal livelihoods in more than 40 countries. Sadly, widespread overexploitation of wild stocks risks biodiversity loss and the long-term viability of fisheries. Spawned from an FAO international workshop of experts, this document presents a 'roadmap' to guide fishery managers in choosing appropriate regulatory measures and management actions for sea cucumber fisheries. It elaborates on their use, limitations and modes of implementation, with Examples and lessons learned from various fisheries. Achieving sustainable management of sea cucumber fisheries requires an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), precautionary regulations, improved enforcement and stronger commitment of fishery managers and policy-makers"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-143).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Sea cucumber fisheries; title: Fisheries management principles and approaches; title: Defining regulatory measures and actions : a roadmap; title: Regulatory measures; title: Implementing management; title: Conclusions.