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Implications of fishing allocation: Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (pdf 1.16mb)

The WWF-TRAFFIC report examines the allocation of fishing rights from a conservation perspective and identifies a range of negative conservation impacts resulting from a failure by RFMOs to effectively address overfishing of key stocks and associated problems driven by overcapacity.

The report outlines experiences of other RFMOs in allocating participatory rights, uses these to identify issues that may arise in the context of the WCPFC and provides a number of recommendations designed to help avoid some of the negative consequences for conservation and sustainable use that have occurred in other RFMOs.

The paper is available for download from this page.

 

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