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  title info:
    title: Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear
  name:
    name part: Macfadyen, G. (Graeme)
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Huntington, Tim.
  name:
    name part: Cappell, Rod.
  name:
    name part: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  name:
    name part: United Nations Environment Programme
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: it
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xix, 115 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm.
  abstract: Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a problem that is increasingly of concern. Various United Nations General Assembly resolutions now provide a mandate for, and indeed require, action to reduce ALDFG and marine debris in general. Consequently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) entered into an agreement to carry out a study in relation to ALDFG in order to raise awareness of the extent of the problem and to recommend action to mitigate the problem of ALDFG by flag states, regional fisheries management bodies and organizations, and international organizations, such as UNEP, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and FAO. This report reviews the magnitude and composition of ALDFG, and while noting that information is not comprehensive and does not allow for any global estimates, suggests that gillnets and fishing traps/pots may be the most common type of ALDFG, although netting fragments may also be common in some locations. The impacts of ALDFG are also considered and include: continued catching of target and non-target species (such as turtles, seabirds and marine mammals); alterations to the benthic environment; navigational hazards; beach debris/litter; introduction of synthetic material into the marine food web; introduction of alien species transported by ALDFG; and a variety of costs related to clean-up operations and impacts on business activities. In general, gillnets and pots/traps are most likely to "ghost fish" while other gear, such as trawls and longlines, are more likely to cause entanglement of marine organisms, including protected species, and habitat damage. The factors which cause fishing gear to be abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded are numerous and include: adverse weather; operational fishing factors including the cost of gear retrieval; gear conflicts; illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing; vandalism/theft; and ac…
  note: by Graeme Macfadyen, Tim Huntington and Rod Cappell.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-100).
  subject:
    topic: Marine debris
  subject:
    topic: Marine debris
    topic: Cleanup
  subject:
    topic: Fisheries
    topic: Equipment and supplies
  classification: TD427.M35 .M33 2009
  related item:
    title info:
      title: FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper ; 523
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Regional seas. no. 185
      part name: UNEP regional seas reports and studies
  identifier: 9789251061961 (pbk.)
  identifier: 9251061963 (pbk.)
  record info:
    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 090415
    record change date: 20151110101722.0
    record identifier: in00002422000
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng