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3 rd WG FUTURE OF ICCAT – MADRID 2012
a) Quantities by species and by fishing gear; and
b) Number of fishing vessels by fishing gear
Data obtained as above would be considered by the Commission in order to identify the kinds of fisheries
and sharks to be covered by future ICCAT conservation and management measures.
2. If CPCs, in particular coastal developing CPCs, have difficulty to collect the data in paragraph 1, they may
submit estimated data based on observer data or port sampling data.
3. Each CPC shall also submit information on national regulations applied to the shark associated fisheries to
the Secretariat by June 2013.
4. SCRS shall take into account of the data and information provided from the Secretariat in conducting stock
assessments and/or ecological risk assessments of sharks.
Cooperation with other RFMOs
5. The ICCAT Secretariat shall contact relevant RFMOs which cover sharks in their conservation and
management measures in order to enhance mutual cooperation, which includes, inter alia:
a) Holding of a joint scientific meeting on shark species of common interest with a view to conducting
jointly stock assessments and/or ecological risk assessments;
b) Holding of a joint management meeting on shark species of common interest with a view to ensuring
compatibility of conservation and management measures between the Commission and the RFMO.
6. The Commission may consider, where necessary, establishing an MOU between the Commission and the
other relevant RFMOs to formalize paragraph 5 a) and b) above.
II. Long-term action
Possible Modification of the current framework under the Convention
7. Based on the scientific information collected through the short-term actions, the Commission will study the
necessity to modify the current framework under the Convention to enhance conservation and management
of sharks. Possible elements to be studied will include, inter alia, (1) introduction of ecosystem approaches;
(2) identifying sharks and shark fisheries to be managed by the Commission; and (3) establishment of a
mechanism to cooperate with other relevant RFMOs whose mandate also covers sharks to be managed by the
Commission.
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