The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) respectfully submits this briefing for the Eighth Meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO).
This briefing will address the Scientific Committee; the Conservation and Management Measures (CMM), with respect to bottom fisheries; and the Performance Review Recommendations.
This statement was presented by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and Seas At Risk during the 38th Annual Meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission from November 12-15, 2019 in London, UK.
In a letter send to:
João Aguiar Machado
European Commission, Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Anders Jessen,
European Commission, Law of the Sea and Regional Fisheries Organisations, DG-MARE
the DSCC, WWF- EU and Seas At Risk adress the topic of ‘Closing seamounts to bottom fisheries and unregulated fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area’.
Available in English.
Location: Bordeaux, France September 23-27, 2019
DSCC’s Opening Statement to NAFO
Oceans North and DSCC’s Recommendations to NAFO
Joint letter to the European Commission on closing seamounts to bottom fisheries and unregulated fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area. From DSCC, WWF EU and Seas at Risk.
This paper addresses the issue of thresholds and the encounter protocol for the SPRFMO bottom fishing
measure CMM 03-2019.
Authors: Barry Weeber and Duncan E. J. Currie
Available in English.
States at the United Nations have begun negotiating a new treaty to strengthen the legal regime for marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Failure to ensure the full scope of fish biodiversity is covered could result in thousands of species continuing to slip through the cracks of a fragmented global ocean governance framework.
Find full article here.
Statement of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) to the 4th Annual Session of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC). The Session took place on the 3-5 July 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
Available in English.
This is a joint submission to the fourteenth round of informal consultations of States Parties to the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
These informal consultations focus on the topic “Performance reviews of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements”
Submitted by: WWF, Greenpeace International, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition on 28 March 2019
Available in English.
This note accompanied the DSCC Briefing for the Seventh Meeting of the Commission of the
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO). It is intended as an overview
and as a further discussion of the threshold and naturalness issues related to the bottom fishing
Conservation and Management Measure (CMM), Comm7-Prop03.
Available in English (PDF).
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition submitted this briefing for the Seventh Meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regiaonl Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO). This briefing addresses agenda item 6, Conservation and Management Measures (CMM), with
respect to bottom fisheries; and item 8, Performance Review Recommendations.
Available in English.
