EUROPEAN CETACEAN BYCATCH CAMPAIGN
"Man is but a strand in the complex web of life"
"Man is but a strand in the complex web of life"
Currently, only 3 species of fish are available which fulfil this criterion. Tuna from the Maldives, sea bass from Brittany and Spain, and mackerel from Cornwall. These fish are caught using rod and line or handling, by artisanal fishermen.
The campaign is working with an organisation which markets, and provides an eco-label for
sustainably caught fish.
The demand from the public for information regarding these products is overwhelming, and will undoubtedly increase. The public is more concerned with the concept of sustainable seas, than with the concept of sustainable fisheries.
Consumers of fish are also members of environmental and animal welfare organisations; they are tourists and travel to various countries to engage in whale and dolphin watching and they are not prepared to consume products that have resulted in the deaths of these animals.
It is the wish of many thousands of European citizens that the Common Fisheries Policy be amended to incorporate a Cetacean Bycatch Response Strategy.
European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign
29th September 2001
References
1) Andrew J Read Report to ASCOBANS (27 Dec. 2000) Potential Mitigation Measures for Reducing the Bycatches of Small Cetaceans in ASCOBANS waters. .
2) The Marine Mammal Protection Act As Amended - Feb. 1995 (USA)- Marine Mammal
Commission
3) NMFS, NOAA, US Dept. of Commerce (Nov. 1992) Proposed Regime to Govern
Interactions Between Marine Mammals and Commercial Fishing Operations.
4) NMFS (Oct. 1997) Take Reduction Plans - An Overview and Summary of Recommendations .
5) Vicki Cornish Take Reduction Plans and the MMPA.
6) Morizur et al - Fisheries Research 41(1999) 297-307 Incidental Catches of Marine Mammals in Pelagic Trawl Fisheries of the northeast Atlantic.
7) Tregenza and Collet - Report to IWC 48 (1998) Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Bycatch in Pelagic Trawl and Other Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic.
8) Berrow, O'Neill and Brogan (1998) Discarding Practices and Marine Mammal Bycatch in the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery.
9) Kirkwood et al - Veterinary Record (1997). Entanglement in fishing gear and other causes of death in cetaceans stranded on the coasts of England and Wales.
10) Tregenza et al - Report IWC 47 (1997). Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis L., Bycatch in Bottom Set Gill nets in the Celtic Sea.
11) Read and Murray - Report for NMFS (1996). Physical Evidence of Entanglement in Small Cetaceans Captured Incidentally in Commercial Fisheries.
12) Dawson - Report IWC (Special Issue 15) (1994). The Potential for Reducing Entanglement of Dolphins and Porpoises with Acoustic Modifications to Gill nets.
13) La Jolla 1990 - Report IWC (Special Issue 15) 1994 Report on the Workshop on Mortality of Cetaceans in Passive Fishing Nets and Traps.
14) Kuiken et al - Veterinary Record (1994) Mass mortality of common dolphins (Delphinus
delphis) in south west England due to incidental capture in fishing gear.
15) Blix et al. Tromso (1994) Whales, seals, fish and man. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic.
16) Todd and Nelson - Report IWC (Special Issue 15) 1994 A Review of Modifications to the Webbing and Setting Strategies of Passive Fishing Gear to reduce Incidental Bycatch of
Cetaceans.
17) Vinther, M. (1999) By-catches of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish set-net fisheries. J.Cetacean Res. Manage.1, 123-135.
18) Couperus, A. S. (1997) Interactions Between Dutch Midwater Trawl and Atlantic
White-sided Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) Southwest of Ireland.
19) Palka, D. (2000) Effectiveness of gear modification as a harbor porpoise by-catch reduction strategy off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the USA. Paper SC/52/SM24 submitted to IWC Scientific Committee.
20) Report of the 8th Meeting of the Advisory Committee to ASCOBANS
21) Jackson et al. (2001) Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems.
22) Morizur et al. (1997) Incidental mammal catches in pelagic trawl fisheries of the North east Atlantic. ICES paper CM 1997/Q05
23) Knieriem and Hartmann (2001) Comparative histopathology of lungs from
by-caught Atlantic white-sided dolphins ( Leucopleurus acutus ).Aquatic Mammals 27(2): 73-81
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The campaign is working with an organisation which markets, and provides an eco-
sustainably caught fish.
The demand from the public for information regarding these products is overwhelming, and will undoubtedly increase. The public is more concerned with the concept of sustainable seas, than with the concept of sustainable fisheries.
Consumers of fish are also members of environmental and animal welfare organisations; they are tourists and travel to various countries to engage in whale and dolphin watching and they are not prepared to consume products that have resulted in the deaths of these animals.
It is the wish of many thousands of European citizens that the Common Fisheries Policy be amended to incorporate a Cetacean Bycatch Response Strategy.
European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign
29th September 2001
References
1) Andrew J Read Report to ASCOBANS (27 Dec. 2000) Potential Mitigation Measures for Reducing the Bycatches of Small Cetaceans in ASCOBANS waters. .
2) The Marine Mammal Protection Act As Amended -
Commission
3) NMFS, NOAA, US Dept. of Commerce (Nov. 1992) Proposed Regime to Govern
Interactions Between Marine Mammals and Commercial Fishing Operations.
4) NMFS (Oct. 1997) Take Reduction Plans -
5) Vicki Cornish Take Reduction Plans and the MMPA.
6) Morizur et al -
7) Tregenza and Collet -
Bycatch in Pelagic Trawl and Other Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic.
8) Berrow, O'Neill and Brogan (1998) Discarding Practices and Marine Mammal Bycatch in the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery.
9) Kirkwood et al -
10) Tregenza et al -
11) Read and Murray -
12) Dawson -
13) La Jolla 1990 -
14) Kuiken et al -
delphis) in south west England due to incidental capture in fishing gear.
15) Blix et al. Tromso (1994) Whales, seals, fish and man. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of Marine Mammals in the North East Atlantic.
16) Todd and Nelson -
Cetaceans.
17) Vinther, M. (1999) By-
18) Couperus, A. S. (1997) Interactions Between Dutch Midwater Trawl and Atlantic
White-
19) Palka, D. (2000) Effectiveness of gear modification as a harbor porpoise by-
20) Report of the 8th Meeting of the Advisory Committee to ASCOBANS
21) Jackson et al. (2001) Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems.
22) Morizur et al. (1997) Incidental mammal catches in pelagic trawl fisheries of the North east Atlantic. ICES paper CM 1997/Q05
23) Knieriem and Hartmann (2001) Comparative histopathology of lungs from
by-
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