Sustainable fisheries management and biodiversity conservation of deep-sea living marine resources and ecosystems in the ABNJ

Project Objective: This project aims to enhance sustainability in the use of deep-sea living resources and biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ, through the systematic application of an ecosystem approach.

The project focuses on four areas:

• Improving implementation of policy and legal frameworks for sustainable fisheries and biodiversity conservation of deep seas in the ABNJ
• Reducing adverse impacts on VMEs and enhanced conservation and management components of EBSAs
• Improving planning and adaptive management for deep sea fisheries in ABNJ 
• Developing and testing of a methodology for area-based planning

Documents & Resources

report [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Connectivity: A critical biodiversity consideration in global ocean sustainability [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Deep-ocean climate change impacts on habitat, fish and fisheries [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Learning from experience: case studies of area-based planning in ABNJ A review of area-base [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Report of Key Outcomes from the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Deep Seas Project Third Project Steering Committee Meeting, 17-18 April 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Catch Documentation Schemes for Deep-Sea Fisheries in the ABNJ - Their Value, and Options for Implementation [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Global Review of Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus Atlanticus), their Fisheries, Biology and Management [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Deep Seas Project Inception and First Project Steering Committee Meeting Report [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Deep Seas Project Second Project Steering Committee Meeting Report [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Deep Seas Project Fourth Project Steering Committee Meeting Report project-identification-form [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] The Common Oceans ABNJ Deep Seas Project Brochure project-document [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] PPG Document [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] PIF Document for WPI Final (Revised) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Project Document PAD Final [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Council Letter [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] PAD [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Review Sheet (PDF) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Review Sheet (PDF) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] STAP Review (PDF) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] STAP Review (PDF) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Review Sheet (PDF) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Project Review Sheet outreach-material [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] The Common Oceans ABNJ Deep Seas Project: Component 4: Area-Based Planning in ABNJ [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Bottom Fisheries in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] International Commitments Relating to Biodiversity in Sustainable Deep-Sea Fishing in the ABNJ are Embodied in a Wide Range of Instruments and are Implemented by States and Eight Regional Bodies publication [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Processes and Practices in the High Seas [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Global Review of Alfoonsino (Beryx spp.), their Fisheries, Biology and Management [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Review and Analysis of International Legal and Policy Instruments Related to Deep-Sea Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Step-Wise Guide for the Implementation of International Legal and Policy Instruments Related to Deep-Sea Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Videos [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] The ABNJ Deep Sea Meeting 2019 – Summary and Highlights [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Seminario Web: Datos para Áreas Fuera de la Jurisdicción Nacional (AFJN) (5 December 2018) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Seminario Web: Herramientas para Áreas Fuera de la Jurisdicción Nacional (AFJN) (6 December 2018) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] WEBINAR: Data for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) (18 January 2019) [ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] WEBINAR: Tools for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)