Fishy business. The Social Impact of SST.pdf - Act Now!

• Minimise any adverse impacts of tuna fishing and related activities on themarine environment;• Minimise any adverse impacts on the non-industrial sectors, including theartisanal and traditional sectors;• Improve decision-making in relation to the tuna fishery through effectivecommunications; and• Ensure that the provisions of the Plan are developed, implemented,administered and monitored in an efficient and cost-effective manner.With respect to the main management strategies applied, the NFA will:• Establish a national Total Allowable Catch for either each relevant fishery, orby licence category;• Implement limits on fishing effort for tuna species, consistent with nationalTAC levels;• Encourage and facilitate the sustainable development of Papua New Guinea’sdomestic industry for tuna;• Develop and apply criteria for licence consideration, which give preference toPNG operators;• Regulate the deployment and utilisation of artificial fish attractants, includinganchored fish aggregation devices (FAD or payao), that may cause gearconflict and fishery interaction, or have adverse biological impact on the tunastocks;• Support incentives to invest in the domestic tuna industry;• Where necessary, implement zoning to prevent localized tuna stock depletion,or gear conflict, and assist in enhancing the longer term viability of locallybasedindustries;• Collect and validate scientific data on the status of tuna stocks to contributeto national and regional assessment of stocks through the use of regional logbooks, port sampling, scientific observers, and other methods;• Promote active industry involvement in research, including the use of industryvessels and knowledge to improve stock assessment processes as well asproviding economic data on their operations for the purpose of reviewing thePlan;• Develop and implement a policy to recover the costs of management;• Monitor the impact of tuna fishing on associated or dependent species and,where necessary, adopt measures to ensure sustainable management;210