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Applying the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in ABNJ

11-13 March, 2025
FAO Headquarters - Rome, Italy

The Symposium met for three days with keynote addresses and presentations and discussion in a panel-style format with session facilitators. Poster sessions provided additional information. The proceedings will be published in the open-access Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science in 2026.

Each day started with a keynote address. The keynote speaker acted as the Chair for the day.

• Day 1 – SCIENCE:  Retained species, discarded and vulnerable species, ecosystem effects.
• Day 2 – MANAGEMENT: Retained species, discarded and vulnerable species, ecosystem effects.
• Day 3 – DEVELOPING GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION: Lessons learnt, gap analyses, governance and mandates, industry and food supply, biodiversity, trade-offs, EAFM implementation – guidance.

This EAFM symposium was directed to assisting the management of deep-sea fisheries, especially for demersal and small pelagic species. This was undertaken by flag states through regional organisations with the mandate to manage these species.

The symposium was relevant to other organisations and individuals with interests in the sustainable management of fishery resources and in reducing impacts from fishing in the high seas.