Report and documentation of the Expert Consultation on Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas:Bangkok, Thailand, 21-23 November 2006.

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Corporate Authors: Expert Consultation on Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas (2006 Bangkok, Thailand; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; FAO/Japan Government Cooperative Programme
Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Publisher Address: Rome
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: FAO fisheries report ; no. 838
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vi, 203 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also available on the World Wide Web.
Available both in print and online.
ISBN: 9789251058220
9251058229
Index Number: F316
CLC: F316.4-532
Call Number: F316.4-532/E965-7/2006
Contents: Donation.
"FIEP/R838 (En)"--T.p.
"GCP/INT/942/JPN"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. Report of the expert consultation on deep-sea fisheries in the high seas -- Pt. 2. Expert consultation background documents.
This Expert Consultation was convened in order to address continuing global concerns regarding deep-sea fisheries in the high seas and to build on outputs from previous conferences. The impetus for the consultation also emerged from recommendations of the twenty-sixth session of COFI (2005). Four main aspects of deep-sea fisheries in the high seas were highlighted: the overall resource, management of the resource, legal issues, and high seas marine protected areas. The consultation sought to improve knowledge of management issues and constraints. Activities that build on this information wil