This Recommendation of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, adopted in accordance with pursuant to Articles 5 of the NEAFC Convention prohibits fishing for basking shark in the Convention Area, taking into account the depleted status of this stock and the ICES advice that there should be no target fishery and that by-catch should be minimised. Contracting Parties are urged to make all available data on basking shark available to ICES for further evaluation of the state of the resource. This should include fisheries data, with incidental catches being recorded in numbers, and by size and weight (where possible).
2016-01-01