| The Commission has established
a Working
Group on Ecologically Related Species (PDF
21Kb)(ERSWG) and has taken measures to reduce the impact of
SBT fishing on ecologically related species and by-catch.
The Commission also requires the ERSWG to provide information
and advice based on research which:-
- determines the nature and extent of ERS interactions in SBT
fisheries;
- determines the affects of SBT and other fisheries on ERS;
- assesses current or potential measures to reduce ERS captures.
The ERSWG also has a role in the development of advice on best
practice for educational activities. Education pamphlets on seabirds
and sharks have been produced and distributed to SBT fishers. The
pamphlets have been produced in four languages (English
(Zip 9410Kb),
Japanese
(Zip 6530Kb),
Korean
(Zip 11015Kb) and
Mandarin
(Zip 6045Kb)).
The ERSWG provides advice and recommendations on these issues and
on research priorities to the Commission through the Scientific
Committee.
Decisions taken by the Commission on ERS matters include:-
- to require mandatory use by all Commission members of Tori poles
in all long-line SBT fisheries below 30 degrees south;
- to require non-members to adopt mandatory use of Tori Poles
in all long-line SBT fisheries below 30 degrees south;
- the publication of education pamphlets on sharks and sea birds
for fishers involved in the SBT fishery.
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