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ALTURA PESCA [10 records]

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Record 1 2023-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Law of the Sea
  • Environmental Management
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

Any state whose flagged vessels fish in [a] fishery management area under the terms of an access agreement.

CONT

... to date, the vast majority of public fishing access agreements ... do not mention any quotas, and at best, refer to a "limit of reference" (which can be exceeded for an additional payment, without any links to management targets, such as [maximum sustainable yield], or stock status). This creates a loophole that both distant-water fishing countries and host countries use to maximize either their catch or their rent, sometimes at the expense of the [marine] resource's health ...

Key term(s)
  • distant water fishing country

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Droit de la mer
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Derecho del mar
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 2 2023-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Law of the Sea
  • Environmental Management
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Distant-water fishing, that is, fishing in areas far removed from a country's domestic waters, existed well before the 19th century industrialization with, for example, Europeans fishing for Atlantic cod ... off Newfoundland ... Increasing competition between domestic and foreign fishing vessels for national fisheries resources was one of the motivations behind the series of international negotiations in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Droit de la mer
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Derecho del mar
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Pesca comercial
DEF

Pesca que se efectúa en alta mar.

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Record 3 2020-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

The activity of catching fish that live in the deep parts of the sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
CONT

La pesquería de alta mar se considera generalmente como pesca de fondo que captura especies que viven bajo los 400 m de profundidad en la plataforma continental, montes, dorsales, mesetas y otras características submarinas. Con las actuales tecnologías, esta pesquería puede llegar hasta aproximadamente los 2.000 m de profundidad.

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Record 4 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 5 2019-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

To obtain an absolute estimate of fish abundance based on a combination of the two methods, one needs reliable estimates of the effective fishing height of the bottom trawl and the amount of fish in the acoustic dead zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 6 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Bottom-set net which is made with three walls of netting, the two outer walls being of a larger mesh size than the loosely hung inner netting panel.

OBS

Fish get entangled in the inner small meshed wall after passing through the outer wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Filet calé au fond constitué de trois nappes de filets, les deux nappes externes, aumées, étant d'un maillage plus grand que celui de la nappe interne, flue, montée avec beaucoup de flou.

OBS

Les poissons s'emmêlent dans la nappe interne à petites mailles après avoir traversé une nappe externe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
  • Acuicultura
DEF

[Aparejo] de pesca formado por tres redes, más tupida la central que las exteriores; cada paño de red tiene de 40 a 50 m de longitud por 2 ó 3 m de altura.

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Record 7 2002-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Fish
OBS

Main functions: To promote programmes for fishery development and conservation; to promote research and development activities; to examine management problems with particular reference to offshore resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Poissons
OBS

Fonctions principales : Favoriser les programmes visant le développement et la conservation des pêcheries; favoriser les activités de recherche et de développement; examiner les problèmes de gestion, l'accent étant mis plus particulièrement sur les ressources marines.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Peces
OBS

Funciones principales : Promover programas para el desarrollo y a conservación de la pesca; fomentar actividades de investigación y desarrollo; examinar problemas de ordenación con particular referencia a los recursos altura.

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Record 8 2001-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Convention Titles (Meetings)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

North Pacific Fisheries Convention Act

OBS

Tokyo, 1952.

Key term(s)
  • Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions (Réunions)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Loi sur la Convention concernant les pêcheries du Pacifique nord

Key term(s)
  • Convention concernant les pêcheries hauturières de l'océan Pacifique nord

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones (Reuniones)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 9 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Organized by the Government of Canada; held at Sydney, British Columbia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 10 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Adopted at the International Conference of Economic and Legal Aspects of Tuna Fisheries Management held in Manila, Philippines, from October 12-13, 1992.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos
  • Pesca comercial
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