Footprint Report
Threatened Fisheries Within the Global 200 Marine Ecoregions









The Footprint of Distant Water Fleets on World Fisheries

Contents

Foreward

Acronyms and Abbreviations


  1. Impacts of Distant Water fleets
    An Ecological, Economic, and Social Assessment


    1. Introduction
      Project Direction and Management


    2. Methodology
      Overall Strategy
      Ecological and Economic Modelling
      Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries Sustainability

    3. A Global Overview
      Fishing Patterns of DWFs 1950-1994
      Selected Case Studies of DWFs
      Case Study: DWFs off Mauritania and Senegal
      Boxed Case Study 1: Illegal Fishing in the Galapagos Islands

      Case Study: Walleye Pollock and the North Pacific “Donut Hole”
      Case Study: Iceland and DWFs
      Boxed Case Study 2: The Norwegian Spring-Spawning Herring
      Case Study: The Shadow of the Past: An Historical Perspective on the Newfoundland Cod Fishery, 1950-1992
      Case Study: DWFs off Namibia


    4. Ecosystem/Economic Impacts
      Analysis of the Impacts of DWFs on Namibia
      The Scenarios
      Ecological Impacts
      Economic Impacts
      Implications for Namibian Fisheries


    5. Status of West African Fleets
      Rapid Appraisal of Distant Water Fleet Fisheries Relative to Home Fleets
      Using the RAPFISH Technique


    6. DWFNs and Coastal States
      Economic and Social Aspects of their |nteractions
      The Pre-EFJ Era
      Fishery Resources Wholly within the EEZ
      Fishery Resources Found both within the EEZ and the Adjacent High Seas
      Social Considerations
      Concluding Remarks


    7. Acknowledgements

    8. References

      Appendix



  2. A Model International Agreement on Fishing Access

    I. Why a Model Agreement on Fishing Access?
    II. Fishing Access Agreements: Towards Minimum Terms and Conditions
    III. Contents of a Model Access Agreement
    IV. How a Model International Fishing Access Agreement Could Be Created
    References



  3. Towards Rational Disciplines on Subsidies to the Fishery Sector
    A Call for New International Rules and Mechanisms


    Fishery Subsidies
    Introduction
    I. The Nature of the Problem
    II. Existing Disciplines on Fishery Susbidies
    III. A Call for the Negotiation of New International Rules and Mechanisms
    References




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