Conservation and management measures - Binding

Quotas and TACs are established annually by the NAFO Fisheries Commission. Shrimp in Division 3M is managed under an effort allocation scheme. Other NAFO management measures include bycatch and gear restrictions, minimum fish size regulations as well as area and time limitations. 

• Gear-related measures
  Gear requirements are outlined in Article 13 of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures.
• Vessel-related measures
  Vessel requirements are outlined in Article 25 of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures.
• Fishing activity-related measures
  The NAFO Fisheries Commission meets once a year to adopt Conservation and Enforcement Measures (CEM) for the international fisheries. Such measures include setting limits for total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas (the share of the TAC that each Contracting Party is allowed to fish ) for each stock. While the annually changing TACs and quotas (including moratoria) as listed in the NAFO quota table are among the most prominent management measures to regulate fisheries, there are a number of other measures that can also play and important role to protect fishery resources and their environment. To ensure that its conservation measures are followed, NAFO has developed a comprehensive set of regulations to monitor, survey and control the fisheries, which are outlined in the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures.