FIPI/C1108 (En) FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular ISSN 2070-6065 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE REVIEW REPORTS BY REGIONAL FISHERY BODIES, 2004–2014 FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1108 FIPI/C1108 (En) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE REVIEW REPORTS BY REGIONAL FISHERY BODIES, 2004–2014 by Péter D. Szigeti Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate Harvard Law School The United States of America and Gail Lugten Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Tasmania Australia FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2015 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 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ABSTRACT This publication provides a history, description and overview of the performance review process of regional fishery bodies (RFBs), and the implementation measures that the RFBs in question have taken, following the reviews. It is an update for, and an expansion upon, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1072, “Performance Reviews by Regional Fishery Bodies: Introduction, Summaries, Syntheses and Best Practices, Volume I: CCAMLR, CCBST, ICCAT, IOTC, NAFO, NASCO, NEAFC”. That circular reviewed the performance reviews of seven organizations, mostly in the Atlantic Ocean, in 2012. The first part of this circular offers an overview of the evolution of independent performance reviews in international fisheries management. It describes the spread of the practice among RFBs, the typical composition of performance review panels, their average timetables, cost and methodology. It also describes the criteria to which fisheries bodies are held in the reviews. In the second part, the circular studies performance reviews completed by the 19 RFBs that, at the time of publication, had engaged in the performance review process. The report gives basic information about each RFB, and then summarizes the factual findings and recommendations of the reviews. Finally, the report recounts the efforts that each RFB has made in order to implement the recommendations of its performance reviews. v CONTENTS Preparation of this document ............................................................................................................. iii Abstract ................................................................................................................................................. iii Abbreviations and acronyms ............................................................................................................. vii Part 1 Introduction and methodology ................................................................................................. 1 1. Background ................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Composition of review panels ...................................................................................................... 2 3. Panel meetings, work timetables and review costs .................................................................... 4 4. Criteria for performance reviews ............................................................................................... 5 5. Methodology of performance reviews ........................................................................................ 7 Part 2 Findings of performance reviews and their implementation ................................................. 8 6. Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) ........ 8 6.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................... 8 6.2 Findings of the performance review ....................................................................................... 9 6.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 10 7. Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) ............................... 12 7.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 12 7.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 13 7.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 14 8. Caribbean regional fisheries mechanism (CRFM) .................................................................. 16 8.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 16 8.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 16 8.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 17 9. Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) ............................................ 18 9.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 18 9.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 18 9.3. Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 20 10. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) ........................................ 21 10.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 21 10.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 21 10.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 22 11. Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) ............................................................................. 24 11.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 24 11.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 24 11.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 26 12. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)................... 27 12.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 27 12.2. Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 27 12.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 29 13. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) ............................................. 31 13.1 Basic information .................................................................................................................. 31 13.2 Findings of the performance review ..................................................................................... 31 13.3 Implementation of recommendations .................................................................................... 32 14. International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) .............................................................