U.S. Actions Taken on Foreign Large-Scale High Seas Drifnet Fishing: 2016 Report to Congress

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U.S. Actions Taken on Foreign Large-Scale High Seas Drifnet Fishing: 2016 Report to Congress

2016

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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
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Section 206(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act sets forth Congressional findings, including inter alia that "the continued widespread use of large-scale driftnets beyond the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of any nation is a destructive fishing practice that poses a threat to living marine resources of the world's oceans." It also notes the expansion of large-scale driftnet fishing into other oceans and acknowledges the June 30, 1992, global driftnet moratorium called for by United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 44/225. Finally, Section 206(b) recognizes the moratorium on the use of large-scale driftnets agreed through the Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific, also known as the Wellington Convention.
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Conservation Drift Net Fishing United States. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation And Management Act Drift Net Fishing United States. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation And Management Act
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Report to Congress
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Public Domain
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urn:sha256:a693927d6e496fa9aacfe5d0b952ebcfc352fbd838f7bb61e48d1db4665cbdf3
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17218/noaa_17218_DS1.pdf
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