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Soumi answered on Dec 01 2020
REPORT TITLE: EVALUATION OF REGULATIONS AND PROGRESS TOWARDS THE PROTECTION AND REPLENISHMENT OF STOCKS IN THE FISHERIES INDUSTRY
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Goal 14: Life below water
Target 4: By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
Table of Contents
1. Report on Evaluation of Regulations and Progress towards the Protection and Replenishment of Stocks in the Fisheries Industry 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Methodology for Searches of Academic Literature and Other Sources 3
1.3 Summary of Research Findings and Critical Analysis 3
1.4 Conclusions 5
2. Analysis of Social Media Conversations 6
3. References 7
1. Report on Evaluation of Regulations and Progress towards the Protection and Replenishment of Stocks in the Fisheries Industry
1.1 Introduction
The report focuses on the evaluation of the regulations that are existing for the effective management of fishing practices. The goal is number 14— “Life under the water” and the target is to regulate the harvesting practices by 2020, by ending overfishing, indiscriminate fishing, illegal, destructive and unreported fishing practices. These could be done by implementing scientific management plans that can succeed in restoring fish stocks within very less time, up to a level that can at least produce the highest amount of yield as per their biological capacities in order to sustain the fish breed. This target has been refined by analysing the progress that has taken place so far in the context of protecting and replenishing the fish stock in the fishery industry. The report presents a methodology for searching literature and other information, followed by analysing the findings in this context and finally, drawing conclusions from them.
1.2 Methodology for Searches of Academic Literature and Other Sources
This report has been constructed by gathering information from both the academic and non-academic sources that pertain to the sustainable practices of fishing as well as in fishery industry. For the previous assignment, Twitter was searched for conversation on the topic. However, for this report, since authentic literature was needed; therefore, literature search has been done from databases such as Science Direct, Wiley Online Library and Nature. As mentioned by Koretsune et al. (2017), databases have a vast range of peer-reviewed journal articles, which are authentic scholarly sources and provide latest information.
On the other hand, for non-academic sources, Google was used as a browser and reputed newspaper sites such as The Guardian were searched for news on the issue. Search terms such as aquaculture, overfishing, climate action, coastal fisheries, unregulated fishing, regulations on fishing practices and Sustainable Development Goal number 14 (SDG14) were used for literature search. Apart from these, other sources were also used in this report, in order to support or criticise the searched information. Critical analysis was conducted in order to evaluate the present progress of the prevailing regulations on fishery industry. It was analysed whether the fish stokes could be replenished and protected or not.
1.3 Summary of Research Findings and Critical Analysis
Currently, the strategies and regulations that have been implemented for the conservation of the fishery industry have been only partially successful in the aim of protecting the fish population. They have aimed to protect the stocks and refill them in case there has been overexploitation of this organism; however, the speed, with which the overexploitation or unregulated activities are taking place, is a lot faster than the effectiveness of these regulations. Therefore, as viewed by Lauck et al. (1998), there is still a...