Asia agrees to reduce trawling and push net fishing

Part of a package of major reforms for the fishery sector, fourteen Asian countries agree to cut trawling and push net fishing as a first step for reversing the production of low value trash fish and 'fishing down the food chain', an FAO statement said today.

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Keywords: TRASH FISH, TRAWLING, CO-MANAGEMENT, ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION

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Related Topics: Ecosystem Issues

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