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Getting Up to Speed

5 May 2016

Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 Executive Summary: The purpose of this workshop was to: Workshop Overview, Results and Next Steps 1. Bring together fishermen, fishing associations, non-profit organizations and This report summarizes the findings and Fisheries and Oceans to introduce electronic discussions from the workshop entitled and video monitoring in the context of Atlantic “Potential application of vid [...] The maintenance of the VM equipment is the Catch reporting and monitoring provide im- responsibility of the vessel operator and the ser- portant information for the Sustainable Fisheries vice provider. [...] Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 Catch reporting and monitoring are critical to important with the increase in Marine Steward- the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries ship Council (MSC) certified fisheries in Canada, Framework policies to support the sustainable as well as the increased need for monitoring management of target species, bycatch spe- species protected under SARA (i.e. [...] Q & A Summaries species, which should include all information needed to determine the risk posed by the fish- Q1: What is the life expectancy of components ery, and effectiveness of the strategy to man- of the video monitoring system? [...] Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 Q9: What is the number of fishing days to use the video footage, then it is legally the available and what is the approximate size of property of the government and they can store the fishing area?
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20
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Halifax, NS, CA

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