How Much Longer Will It Take?
How much longer will it take? A ten-year review of the implementation of United Nations General Assembly resolutions 61/105, 64/72 and 66/68 on the management of bottom fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction FULL REPORT – AUGUST 2016 DAVID SHALE/NATURE PICTURE LIBRARAY SHALE/NATURE DAVID Leiopathes sp., a deepwater black coral, has lifespans in excess of 4,200 years (Roark et al., 2009*), making it one of the oldest living organism on Earth. Specimen was located off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, in ~400 m water depth. * Roark, E.B., Guilderson, T.P., Dunbar, R.B., Fallon, S.J., and Mucciarone, D.A., 2009. Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106: 520– 5208, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810875106. © HAWAII UNDERSEA RESEARCH LABORATORY, TERRY KERBY AND MAXIMILIAN CREMER Contents Executive summary 03 1.0 Introduction 09 2.0 North Atlantic 10 2.1 Northeast Atlantic 10 2..2 Northwest Atlantic 21 3.0 South Atlantic 33 3.1 Southeast Atlantic 33 3.2 Southwest Atlantic and other non-RFMO areas 39 4.0 North Pacific 42 Citation: 5.0 South Pacific 49 Gianni, M., Fuller, S.D., Currie, D.E.J., Schleit, 6.0 Indian Ocean 60 K., Goldsworthy, L., Pike, B., Weeber, B., 7.0 Southern Ocean 66 Owen, S., Friedman, A. How much longer will it take? A ten-year 8.0. Mediterranean Sea 71 review of the implementation of United Annex 1. Acronyms 73 Nations General Assembly resolutions Annex 2. History of the UNGA negotiations 73 61/105, 64/72 and 66/68 on the management Annex 3.
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