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Study on the status and improvement of national observer programs for Korean distant water fisheries

원양어업 옵서버 프로그램 운영현황과 개선방안

  • Sung Il LEE (Division of Marine Production System Management, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Zang Geun KIM (Consulting and Research Center for Sustainable Fisheries)
  • 이성일 (국립부경대학교 해양생산시스템관리학부) ;
  • 김장근 (지속가능어업 자문/연구센타)
  • Received : 2024.02.06
  • Accepted : 2024.02.26
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

After the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA) came into effect, international cooperation through Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) was required, and each RFMO established and adopted the Conservation and Management Measure (CMM) for the regional Observer Programs to collect data on fishing activities and biological information and to monitor compliance with its CMMs. The observer coverage required by RFMO is set differently for each organization, ranging from 5% to 100%. In addition, tuna-RFMOs recommend increasing observer coverage in longline fisheries by at least 20% for reliable quantitative analysis of not only target species but also bycatch species and ecologically related species such as sharks, seabirds, sea turtles, and marine mammals. Therefore, in this study, we discussed ways to improve the national observer programs of Korean distant water fisheries that should be addressed in the future to respond to the RFMO trends.

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이 논문은 국립부경대학교 자율창의학술연구비(2022년)에 의해 연구되었습니다.

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