sustainably, negative impacts legally and from fisheries is applying central to AEWA’s objectives with respect of both approaches, so marine and that overfishing freshwater is avoided, birds. Issues recovery plans include bycatch of and measures waterbirds, impacts are in place for on bird all depleted populations, species, depletion of fish fisheries have stocks (including no significant shell-fisheries), and adverse impacts habitat destruction on threatened or degradation species and arising from vulnerable destructive fishing ecosystems and techniques such as the impacts of bottom-trawling. fisheries on stocks, species TC assessment of and ecosystems needs: are within safe ecological The issues of limits. eliminating bycatch from fisheries and of sustaining fish stocks are of major importance. For migratory seabirds in particular, the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) provide a mechanism for AEWA Parties to promote best practice standards to that end. Similarly, these issues are also relevant to freshwater fisheries (some of which are
sustainably, legally and applying approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within safe ecological limits. negative impacts from fisheries is central to AEWA’s objectives with respect of both marine and freshwater birds. Issues include bycatch of waterbirds, impacts on bird populations, depletion of fish stocks (including shell-fisheries), and habitat destruction or degradation arising from destructive fishing techniques such as bottom-trawling. TC assessment of needs: The issues of eliminating bycatch from fisheries and of sustaining fish stocks are of major importance. For migratory seabirds in particular, the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) provide a mechanism for AEWA Parties to promote best practice standards to that end. Similarly, these issues are also relevant to freshwater fisheries (some of which are
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