EC request on cetacean bycatch Regulation 812/2004, Item 5

Regulation 812/2004 requires Member States to undertake specified actions in certain fisheries to reduce cetacean bycatch. ICES has reviewed information on effectiveness of mitigation measures for cetacean bycatch and provides advice on the most efficient method for each fishery that may have a bycatch of cetaceans greater than 1.7% of the relevant best estimate of population abundance.