The plans will have to include the following measures: identification of vessels fishing for turbot or exploiting this resource through bycatches; introduction of a turbot fishing license; ban on
drift-net fishing for turbot; designation of authorised ports for turbot landings; development of a detailed plan for systematic control of volumes of turbot landed, logbooks and first sale; reporting on the frequency of inspections and number of inspectors and implementation of a programme for data collection and annual control of the fishery.
He wrote the memorial to Congress from the Oregon State Legislature that convinced the federal government to ban
drift-net fishing, a destructive practice that involved dragging giant nets through the water and scooping up everything in their path.
This
drift-net fishing has decimated salmon stocks for many years.
The culprit, apparently protesting against the Government's decision to ban
drift-net fishing, scrawled the words: "No Samon No Futcher, Thanks FF.
The European Union has already warned the Irish government to stop
drift-net fishing or face prosecution.
In 1993, the UN banned
drift-net fishing on the high seas.
Small fishing boats in Hokkaido sailed out Monday morning to start this year's
drift-net fishing season for salmon and trout in Japan's 200-nautical-mile economic zone in the Pacific.
Fishermen hit by a ban on
drift-net fishing for tuna, which has killed dozens of dolphins, were thrown a lifeline by the Government yesterday.
In 1988
drift-net fishing began on a small scale in the same area fished by the trollers.
The academics' findings come in the same week as the Government banned
drift-net fishing to protect wild salmon stocks.
A North East MEP has backed new laws to ban
drift-net fishing in the Baltic Sea.
They are being driven to extinction by
drift-net fishing, say the conservation lobby.
