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UN Reports on driftnet
fishing
The full texts of these Reports are
readable on-line on the UN's Oceans and Law of the
Sea pages. Since 1996, the Secretary-General has issued consolidated reports on
driftnet fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and bycatch and
discards.
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2000 Report: A/55/386 [pdf] |
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1998 Report: A/53/473 |
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1997 Report: A/52/557 |
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1996 Report: A/51/404 |
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1995 Report: A/50/553 |
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1994 Report: A/49/469 [pdf] |
UN Resolutions on driftnet
fishing
The 1989 and 1991 UN Resolutions on driftnet fishing are available elsewhere on this site
(click here to view these texts). However, below are
links to the most recent Resolutions available on the UN Oceans and Law of the Sea pages. Some of the
earlier ones are available from the General Assembly archive section in gopher text.
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Resolution 55/8 (2000) |
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Resolution 53/33 (1998) |
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Resolution 52/29 (1997) |
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Resolution 51/36 (1996) |
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Resolution 50/25 (1995) |
FAO
Report on UN Resolution 52/29
FAO Report from June 1998 on the UN Resolution on driftnet fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national
jurisdiction and bycatch and discards.
There are many pages of information on driftnets on the Web, but the quality of information is sometimes poor and rarely impartial. The sites listed below are some of the more useful or interesting, but if these do not provide what you are looking for a search for "driftnets" or "driftnet fishing" in one of the search directories might throw something else up.
High Seas Driftnet Fishing: The Plunder of the Global Commons
This is a guide to the issues and the international law relating to driftnet fishing, from
the environmentalist's perspective, provided by Earthtrust, as part of it's "DriftNetwork" Program. Although it is now a bit
out-of-date, it still provides a good introduction to the subject. It deals with a number
of topics, as follows:
Driftnets - Walls of Death for Europe's Whales and
Dolphins
Account of the driftnet issue, provided by the Whale and
Dolphin Conservation Society.
Incidental mortality of dolphins in the driftnet
fisheries for albacore tuna in the Northeast Atlantic
Brief overview of the issue on the IMMA site, including
a link to the full text of this Technical Report, which is downloadable in pdf format:
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IMMA Technical Report No. 93-02: Potential Effects
of Driftnet Fisheries for Albacore Tuna (Thunnus alalunga) on Populations of
Striped (Stenella coeruleoalba) and Common (Delphinus delphis) Dolphins from
the Northeast Atlantic (This is essentially a scientific paper, but nevertheless contains some useful information about the French driftnet fishery for albacore in the Northeast Atlantic). |
The
necessary European Union ban on driftnets
European Commission Information Note
on the EU ban on driftnets, agreed in 1998 and taking effect in 2002.
- Report
on the proposal for a Council Decision on a specific measure to encourage Italian
fishermen to diversify out of certain fishing activities (Spadare driftnets) [also
in pdf]
- Second Report
on the proposal for a Council Decision on a specific measure to encourage Italian
fishermen to diversify out of certain fishing activities (Spadare driftnets) [also
in pdf]
Two European Parliament reports on EC structural measures to support driftnet
fishing ban (1997)
EC Driftnet Ban
Case study provided by the Trade
Environment Database (TED)
- Greenpeace calls on
all Mediterranean countries to ban driftnet fishing
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Greenpeace comments on Italian
driftnet plan
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Letter to Emma Bonino, EC
Fisheries Commissioner, from Greenpeace
Three items from 1996-1998 on driftnet fishing in the Mediterranean, provided on the Greenpeace site.
Four Nation Pacific Driftnet
Surveillance Nets Violators
Recent press release on initiatives in the North Pacific
Anadromous Fish Commission, provided by the Environment
News Service.
These reports, which are downloadable in pdf format, have generally contained, in recent years, chapters on driftnet fishing. Formerly, chapters could be downloaded individually, although currently the reports can only be downloaded in whole.
Overview of US
anti-driftnet legislation
Brief outline on the School of Hawaiian, Asian
& Pacific Studies website.
Japanese Driftnet Fisheries
Another case study provided by the Trade
Environment Database (TED).