Sentences with phrase «catch quotas for»

According to Richard L. Haedrich, an ichthyologist writing in a recent issue of Natural History, catch quotas for deep - sea fishes were set «essentially by guesswork, relying on... knowledge of shallow - water species.

«ICCAT has consistently set catch quotas for the East Atlantic and Mediterranean stock above levels recommended by its scientists and the failure of its management measures is demonstrated by the continuously decreasing population,» Monaco government officials say in their application.

Not exact matches

The researchers see particular need for action for high seas fisheries, including a significantly improved international coordination in determining and enforcing restrictive catch quotas.

The European Commission proposed an overall cut in quotas for deep sea fishing in the northeast Atlantic for the next two years, but environmental groups said it should have reduced some catch limits to zero to allow stocks to recover

We found that a ban combined with catch quotas has the greatest potential to incentivise more selective fishing, but only for regulated species such as cod, haddock and plaice.

The commission's scientifically derived proposals on sustainable catch levels are routinely revised upwards when EU environment ministers meet, traditionally in late December, to set quotas for the year following.

Hurt for North Carolina fish processors Kaelin added that with the help of electronic monitoring and reporting, it might be possible to address the problem with greater flexibility — allowing commercial boats to bring fish into port in New Jersey, but tally their catch against North Carolina's quota.

She said the rule would also help NOAA properly identify caught species, a necessity for monitoring and enforcing shark fishing quotas.

The procedure is an extremely complicated method for assigning theoretical safe catch quotas based on population estimates.

Sturgeon season is catch and release only for 2015, or when quotas are met.

Why aren't the options of opening pink salmon for catching and releasing, or reducing the retention quota to 2, or 1 fish, being considered?

The EU sets quota limits for each Member State to catch bluefin tuna, which is highly sought - after in Japan where the market price can reach $ 500 per kilo.

Despite this suspension, Iceland continues to permit whaling and has a government issued fin whale quota in effect for the 2011 season that continues to exceed catch levels that the IWC's scientific body advised would be sustainable if the moratorium was removed.

Two - thirds of the fish caught in some areas is thrown back, usually dead, because fleets exceed their quota, unintentionally catch juveniles or species for which they lack a quota, or because they prioritize higher - value fish and throw away lesser species.