Overview of the FAO Project on the Management of Tuna Fishing Capacity and its implementation

摘要

The general objective of the Project has been to improve the management of tuna fisheries on a global scale, and specifically to: provide technical information necessary for achieving its objectives and identify, consider and resolve technical problems associated "with the management of tuna fishing capacity on a global scale, taking into account conservation and socio-economic issues. In the implementation of the Project, FAO collaborated with tuna fishery bodies all over the world, INFOFISH (a source of marketing support for fish producers and exporters in the Asia-Pacific region), the Organization for Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries (OPRT), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the World TunaPurse Seine Organisation (WTPO), utilising their expertise, data and other information of relevance to the Project. The Project's duration has been four years. Its activities have consisted of: technical studies, meetings of the Project's Technical Advisory Committee (TAG, plus some other meetings to review and integrate the results of the technical work and to formulate conclusions and recommendations and the dissemination of these findings. The subjects of the studies have been: (1) tuna fisheries and resources, (2) estimation of tuna fishing capacity, (3) the tuna industry and (4) optimum tuna fishing capacity, management options and implications.