ATSEA UU Fishing Book
Fish catch which is not reported (unrecorded) is one of the components of IUU (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) fishing activities which have become a major international issue in the past decade. Fisheries resources in the Arafura Sea Fisheries Management Area have been intensively exploited by industrial scale fishing fleets using fish trawls, shrimp trawls, and bottom long lines. Based on data records, interviews and a series of workshops and consultations, this study attempt to estimate IUU in this region using the anchor points and influence table approach and including estimation of uncertainty using Monte Carlo simulations. Several specific recommendations are made to improve the quality of data reported from the Arafura Sea
ATSEA UU Fishing Book.pdf
