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Ainsi, les pêcheurs canadiens qui travaillent dans les zones visées par la CITT doivent mettre en ouvre certaines mesures d'atténuation conformément à la résolution (installation de filets durant la nuit, lignes tori, palangres lestées, etc.) Parallèlement, la CICTA a aussi convenu d'une résolution visant à réduire les captures accidentelles d'oiseaux de mer dans le cadre des pêches à la palangre dans sa zone réglementée.
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Canada actively participates in three of the five RFMOs that manage highly-migratory species: the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). The IATTC has recently adopted measures to mitigate seabird bycatch, using the IPOA - Seabirds as a basis. Canada fully supports the IATTC Resolution to Mitigate the Impact on Seabirds of Fishing for Species Covered by the IATTC. As such, Canadian fish harvesters operating in areas covered by the IATTC are required to implement a number of mitigation measures in line with the resolution (night-setting, tori lines, weighted hooks, etc.). Similarly, ICCAT also agreed to a resolution to reduce the incidental catch of seabirds for longline fisheries within its regulatory area. Canada is fully supportive of these measures to address seabird bycatch and plans to continue to cooperate towards an enhanced international approach to reducing the incidental catch of seabirds.
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