Report of the FAO/NPFC Workshop on Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission Area: Applying Global Experiences to Regional Assessments, 12–15 March 2018, Yokohama, Japan
2019
Low, L.-L. | Kiyota, M.
The subject matter of this workshop was protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Area, with the aim of applying global experiences to the regional assessments and to build capacity to protect VMEs and related management issues in the North Pacific Ocean region. The workshop focused on the mitigation of bottom fishing impacts on VMEs within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas. Workshop participants identified historical and existing seamount fisheries that impacted benthic VMEs, with a particular focus on corals. Participants reviewed actions that have already been taken to mitigate VME issues associated with the two areas of seamount fisheries: the Emperor Seamount area of the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and a few seamounts off Canada in the high seas of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The workshop brought together global experts to advise on methodologies and options for protecting VMEs.
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