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The third panellist, Matthew Gianni, international fisheries consultant, proposed measures to address bottom trawling and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Some rich countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Australia, and New Zealand, have fishing fleets that engage in so called bottom trawling.

The fishery regulations also address fishing capacity and bottom trawling through a sanctions regime for non compliance with conservation and management regulations.

Bottom trawling should simply be outlawed it would be simple and inexpensive to compensate the fishing industry during a transition to other activities.

Midwater trawling is trawling, or net fishing, at a depth that is higher in the water column than the bottom of the ocean.

Last year, delegations pledged to undertake a review of destructive fishing practices, including bottom trawling, and to take urgent action where regulations are inadequate.

We reiterate our concern at the insufficiency of scientific information on the destructive environmental impact of deep sea fishing practices, in particular bottom trawling.

A number of delegations referred to the problems of by catches as well as to the issue of destructive fishing practices, in particular bottom trawling.

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The Bottom Line An investigation of the Economic, Cultural and Social Costs of Industrial Longline Fishing in the Pacific and the Benefits of Sustainable Use of Marine Protected Areas

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(d) Marking of fishing vessels and fishing gear for identification

The continued use of destructive fishing practices, such as bottom trawling, whether conducted within an EEZ or on the high seas, was deplored by several delegations and non governmental organizations.

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