Tag: Falklands' Conservation Zone

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands' Conservation Zone management could be undermined by unregulated longlining

  

  A recent study has found that unregulated longline fishing for Patagonian Toothfish immediately outside the 200-mile Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone (FOCZ) is likely to be having significant impacts on deepwater seabed vulnerable marine ecosystems compared to the low impacts observed in licensed longline fisheries within Falklands' waters.