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60 The Net Effect? A WDCS report for Greenpeace device may show promising early results, these are currently only based on a very small dataset. There is still considerable uncertainty as to why the device appears to be working and whether this effect will continue in the longer term and without detriment to the dolphins. Therefore, there should be a parallel programme of research to investigate possible alternative mitigation measures or fishing methods for these fisheries. In the absence of any other effective measures for the mitigation of bycatch in pelagic trawls, the Community must be prepared to introduce management measures including the suspension or closure of fisheries where necessary. In particular, where there is evidence of a serious threat to the conservation of cetacean populations, the Commission should introduce emergency measures, as provided for by Article 7 of the new Framework Regulation of the CFP ((EC) No 2371/2002). Finally, the proposals put forward to date apply only to fisheries that operate within EU waters. However, there is evidence of substantial cetacean and other protected species bycatch occurring in the EU’s considerable distant water fisheries such as the pelagic trawl fisheries off Mauritania. It is therefore, essential that provisions made for bycatch monitoring and mitigation (as well as the requisite provisions for surveillance and enforcement) are also reflected in the Community’s regulation of its distant water fleets.
Acknowledgements We would sincerely like to thank Marie-Pierre Gosselin for her assistance in researching this report. We are also grateful to Kristin Kaschner and Simon Northridge for their valuable input and to Henrique Cabral, Marina Sequeira, Carina Vonk, Stella Turk, Jan Haelters and Alfredo López for providing much useful information. We would like to thank many WDCS staff for their assistance, particularly Mark Simmonds, Jo Clark, Simon Keith, Kate O'Connell and Gina Davies. We also thank Doug Parr and others at Greenpeace for their support of this project. This report was funded by Greenpeace Environmental Trust. The Net Effect? A WDCS report for Greenpeace 61
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Executive Summary The incidental ca
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Contents 1. Introduction 6 1.1 Byca
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Page 65 and 66: References Aguilar, A. 1997. Invent
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