2003/2004 Conservation Requirements for Groundish Stocks on the Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy (4VWX5Z), in Subareas 0, 2 + 3 and Redfish Stocks [ Conservation Requirements for Groundish Stocks on the Scotian Shelf and in the Bay of Fundy (4VWX5Z), in Subareas 0, 2 + 3 and Redfish Stocks ]

Task Force on Scotia Shelf Groundfish

Offshore Groundfish Advisory Committee

demersal fish | bottom fish | bottomfish | ground fish | groundfish

rockfishes | Scorpaenidae | scorpionfishes | scorpionfishes n.e.i.

fish product [ caviar | fish croquette | fish egg | fish fillet | fish meal | surimi ]

Convention for the Regulation of the Meshes of Fishing Nets and the Size Limits of Fish | Convention of the International Overfishing Conference | Overfishing Convention

bait fish | baitfish | bait fishes

fish spawning area | fish spawning ground | fish spawning bed | spawning ground

Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, said: "Life at the bottom of the sea grows at a much slower pace, which makes deep sea fish particularly vulnerable to exploitation.

(1) "demersal stocks" means those roundfish and flatfish species and Norway lobster that live at or near the bottom of the water column.

(20)'static nets' means any type of gillnet, entangling net or trammel net that is either anchored to the seabed (gill nets or set nets) or allowed to drift with the tide (drift nets) for fish to swim into and become entangled or enmeshed in the netting.

Specifically technical measures must contribute to the attainment of good environmental status with respect to 4 out of the 11 descriptors included under Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)- Maintaining biological diversity (Descriptor 1); Maintaining commercially-exploited populations of fish and shellfish within safe biological limits and with a healthy age and size distribution (Descriptor 3); Maintaining all elements of marine food webs at normal abundance and ...[+++] diversity (Descriptor 4); and Maintaining sea-floor integrity (Descriptor 6).