Towards an EU Action Plan on Cetacean Bycatch |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Wiltshire SN15 1LJ, United Kingdom;2. Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), 62-63 Upper Street, London N1 0NY, United Kingdom;3. Sea Watch Foundation, Ewyn y Don, Bull Bay, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey LL68 9SD, United Kingdom;1. Institute of Coastal Research, Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Turistgatan 5, 453 30 Lysekil, Sweden;2. Institute of Marine Research, Department of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Turistgatan 5, 453 30 Lysekil, Sweden;3. The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Box 11930, 404 39 Göteborg, Sweden;1. Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM), New Docks, Galway, Ireland;2. MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland;3. Marine Institute (MI), Oranmore, Galway, Ireland;1. School of BEES, University College Cork, Enterprise Centre, North Mall, Distillery Fields, Co.Cork, Ireland;2. Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co.Galway, Ireland;1. Laboratoire Littoral Environnement et Sociétés, UMR 7266, Université de La Rochelle, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France;3. Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent''s Park, NW1 4RY London, United Kingdom;4. Météo France, Dprevi/MAR, 42 avenue Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, Cedex, France;1. Animal Biology Department, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Campo Grande 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal;2. Centre of Marine Sciences, CCMAR. University of the Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, FCT Ed7, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal;3. Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK;4. Animal Biology Department, Centre of Statistics and its Applications, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal;5. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | For decades, cetacean bycatch has been a major conservation and welfare concern in Europe, with high numbers of harbour porpoises, dolphins and whales continuing to die each year. Despite binding legal requirements to reduce bycatch, there has been limited effective monitoring or mitigation. Bycatch is also an important welfare issue. At this critical juncture, with discussion of incorporating monitoring and mitigation of bycatch of protected species in Europe into the Data Collection Framework and Technical Measures Framework taking place to help deliver the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), a clear, effective strategy could identify the steps that are required by all EU Member States to reduce bycatch towards zero. Here, implementation of current monitoring and mitigation obligations are reviewed. Recommendations are made for the provision of clear EU guidance in order to improve and unify population surveillance and bycatch monitoring, with enhanced implementation and enforcement from Member States. A more regionalised evidence-based approach to monitoring and mitigation is in line with the move to more regionalised management under the CFP, with Member States robustly showing that bycatch levels are decreasing over a set period of time (e.g. 5 years) by a specified amount. To this end, an EU Action Plan on Cetacean Bycatch, comparable to the existing 2012 Action Plan for reducing incidental catches of seabirds in fishing gear, might be beneficial and could ultimately form a model for an international Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Cetacean Bycatch Reduction Action Plan. |
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| Keywords: | Cetaceans Bycatch Europe Fisheries Management Common Fisheries Policy |
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