APPENDIX 6: ADDRESSING SPECIFICISSUES

Respondents were requested to indicate if their RFB hasrecently undertaken any activity, priorities or plans in relation to thefollowing issues. Shaded areas indicate an affirmative response, and furtherdetails, as available, are in the text relating to each RFB.

Where RFBs indicated that the issues are not generallyrelevant to their work this is indicated in a footnote. Some RFBs indicated thatsome issues are not relevant, and this is included in the text relating to eachRFB.

RFBs that did not respond are not included in theTable.

	Implementation of precautionary approach	Addressing ecosystem based fisheriesmanagement	Assessment of extent, impact, effects of IUU fishing inarea of competence	Strengthening RFB’s capacity to deal moreeffectively with conservation, management issues	Addressing issues relating to capacity	Accommodating new entrants	Catch certification and documentation
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS
CECAF
COFREMAR
CTMFM
GFCM
IBSFC
ICCAT^[125]
NASCO
NEAFC
SEAFO^[126]
WECAFC^[127]
INDIAN OCEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC AREA
APFIC
IOTC
RECOFI^[128]
SEAFDEC
PACIFIC OCEAN
CPPS
FFA^[129]
IATTC
IPHC
NPAFC
PSC
SPC
TRANS-OCEAN
CCAMLR
CCSBT
INLAND
CIFA
COPESCAL
EIFAC
LVFO
MRC
MARINE MAMMALS
IWC
NAMMCO
RESEARCH
ICES

OTHER ISSUES

RFBs were requested to identify other issues considered to bea priority, and the following responses were received. Further details, asavailable, can be found in the text relating to each RFB.

COFREMAR	COFREMAR is Party to a GEF project directed to the protectionof the Common Fishing Zone Marine Environment
GFCM	Funding
NASCO	Aquaculture, bycatches, mortality at sea
APFIC	Coastal community, inland fisheries management;aquaculture
SPC	Reef fisheries (live reef-fish trade), development of a TurtleIPOA and Global Oceans Policy
CCAMLR	Decreasing financial and human resources
LVFO	Cross border fishing guidelines issued
NAMMCO	- Joint NAMMCO Control Scheme for the Hunting of MarineMammals
	- Development of data collection systems on marine mammalbycatch
COPESCAL
	compilation of existing dataand determination of additional data needs (state of fish resources, quantity offishers and gear/craft, socioeconomic data);
	promotion of awarenessregarding the need of resource conservation towards its sustainable utilisation(Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries);
	adoption and implementation ofmanagement measures and arrangements, agreed with stakeholders (participatoryway), at national and regional level;
	establishment of monitoring,surveillance and control schemes;
	enabling fisher’s accessto market through capacity building (organisation, business, quality, processes,marketing); and
	promotion of aquaculture(small scale included where interested people is identified) and fish processing(artisanal conservation and value added products).
CIFA	Involvement of the community in the management of inlandfisheries
MRC	Communication

^[125] No specificinformation received, shaded areas relate to various committees established toaddress activities, noted in text.
^[126] Because SEAFO isstill to enter into force, specific issues cannot now be identified.
^[127] No specificprogrammes, as work is carried out by ad hoc working groups in relationto specific fisheries.
^[128] Newly established attime of writing.
^[129] Not directlyrelevant, as FFA is not strictly a fisheries management agency.