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Practices and Procedures

This page is designed to allow Contracting Parties to share information on their individual practices and procedures regarding compliance objectives.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting of NAFO, Contracting Parties agreed that individual practices and procedures regarding compliance objectives be provided in two tables.

  • Table 1.  Practices and Procedures available on the NAFO Members’ pages.
  • Table 2.  Practices and Procedures available on the NAFO public website.

Table 2.  Practices and Procedures available on the NAFO public website.

Contracting Party Date Subject Matter
European Union May 2022 ICES advice on the EU Request on the International Manual of Procedures to be used in the NAFO Regulatory Area to guide the collection of samples from fisheries products for genetic analysis
Norway May 2022 The “Discard Ban Package”: Experiences in efforts to improve the exploitation patterns in Norwegian fisheries
United States May 2022 Northeast Fisheries Observer Program - Observer Operations Manual 2021
United States May 2022 Northeast Fisheries Observer Program - Observer Data Entry Manual 2021
United States May 2022 Northeast Fisheries Observer Program - On Deck Reference Guide 2020
United States September 2019 Greenland shark ID characteristic sheet
Denmark (in Respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) August 2019 Information and instruction for registration of Greenland shark
Canada July 2019 Information on the collection of biological data for sharks
Iceland May 2017 Iceland’s use of business intelligence software for Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
Canada March 2016 Canada's Fisheries Monitoring Center (FMC) Overview 
Iceland July 2015 The Icelandic Fisheries Management System: The Individual Transferable Quota System 
Canada September 2014 Canadian Observer Training Manual
Canada July 2014 Management of Bycatch and Nonretained Catch in Canada
Iceland September 2010 Weighing of landed catch

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