Download or read book Papers Presented at the Technical Consultation on Reduction of Wastage in Fisheries written by and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 1997 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains the 20 invited papers which were presented and discussed at the Technical Consultation on Reduction of Wastage in Fisheries held in Tokyo, Japan (28 October - 1 November 1996). The first section consists of papers which discuss the issues of wastage reduction, selectivity of fishing practices, utilization of presently discarded catch and management measures that are being or have been made in various countries to reduce wastage and discards. The second section contains papers which review the bycatch and discards problem in various regions and endeavour to quantify and qualify the magnitude of wastage. Comparisons are made with earlier estimates given in FAO Fisheries Technical Paper no. 339 - A Global Assessment of Fisheries Bycatch and Discards.