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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… Mono Lake (California, USA) where a series of actions from fishing lobby groups and a Court decision forced the … 2.5.2 Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformation (DRIFT) The Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformation … Outcomes will depend on whether, and to what extent, the net economic returns generated by environmental flows exceed …
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The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… has been a rapid expansion in two industries (demersal fishing and oil production) that can currently operate down … have addressed open ocean problems – the whaling industry, drift-net fisheries and fossil fuel extraction. The focus on the …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… species. Other threats include those posed by hunting, fishing (incidental take or by-catch), pollution, alien … pollutants (ACCOBAMS Conservation Plan, paras. 1 and 2). Drift nets longer than 2.5 km are to be banned. Legislation is to be enacted to prevent the discard and drift of fishing gear and to require the immediate release of …
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The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 4.9a Fishing units monitored in the Senegal River . . . . . . . . … paid to concentrators. For parrots and Estrillidae, net returns to exporters are estimated at about 40%. The high … encircling gill nets, beach seine, cast nets and surface drift nets. Women are generally less involved in fishing
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… OTHER TERMS ALDFG Abandoned Lost or otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear BAT Best Available Technique/Technology BEP Best … 19 www.osean.net The Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPSC) The … al. 2013), through the creation of novel habitat which may drift long distances and pose an ecological impact via …
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Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives

… “Ensure that a global moratorium on a large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing is fully implemented in the high seas of the world’s …
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Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya

… 11 1.1. FISHING AND FISHERIES … activities, and in particular at the present time from fishing practices, unsustainable tourism, coastal … of major threats including human activities, in particular fishing, shipping, land and marine based pollution as well as … E D 15 Plate I : Most significant fish species of trammel net catches (University and Marine Research Centre of Tajura …
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Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… irritations. Biofouling organisms are also introduced on fishing gear, mariculture equipment and even on drifting … mussels may colonise fish cages and floating litter, while fishing nets may contain eggs and larvae that remain viable … on local biodiversity, the caulerpa beds impede commercial fishing and spoil recreational diving sites. Genetic studies …
31 May 2026 Literature

Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… 4.3 Abandoned, Lost, and Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) ............................45 4.4 … 45/197, and 46/215) to address the impacts of open water drift-net fishing on marine habitats.208 In addition, MARPOL Annex …
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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… assessment refer to the precautionary principle and no net loss principle, and stress the importance of stakeholders … value (the latter is often referred to as the no net loss principle). 2. The sustainable use of its components … supply by damming of rivers; interruption of littoral drift by seaward structures Plant-animal dependency for …
31 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance