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Related strategic items

• Indicator 6.1: Trends in proportion of depleted, target and bycatch species with recovery plans

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Target 14.4 Target 14.6 Target 14.7 Target 14.b Indicator 14.4.1 Indicator 14.6.1 Indicator 14.7.1 Indicator 14.b.1

  Terms: By-catch, Fisheries management

  • Specific Indicator 6.1.1: Number of countries with regulations requiring recovering of depleted species

  • Specific Indicator 6.1.2: Proportion of depleted stocks with rebuilding plans in place

• Indicator 6.2: Trends in certified sustainable fisheries

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Target 14.1 Target 14.6 Target 14.7 Target 14.b Indicator 14.1.1 Indicator 14.6.1 Indicator 14.7.1 Indicator 14.b.1

  Terms: Fisheries management, Sustainable use

  • Specific Indicator 6.2.1: MSC certified catch

• Indicator 6.3: Trends in catch per unit effort

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Target 14.b Target 14.7 Indicator 14.b.1 Indicator 14.7.1

  Terms: Fisheries management

  • Specific Indicator 6.3.1: Estimated fisheries catch and fishing effort

  • Specific Indicator 6.3.2: Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal/regulatory/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries

• Indicator 6.4: Trends in population and extinction risk in target and bycatch species

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Goal 15 Target 15.5 Target 14.7 Target 14.b Indicator 15.5.1 Indicator 14.7.1 Indicator 14.b.1

  Terms: By-catch, Fisheries management, Risk management, Threatened species

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.1: Red List Index (harvested aquatic species)

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.2: Number of countries with policies that make adequate provisions to minimize the impact of fisheries on threatened species

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.3: Proportion of fisheries with regular monitoring and reporting of impacts on threatened species

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.4: Proportion of threatened species for which mortality rate due to fisheries is decreasing

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.5: Number of countries with policies to secure that mortalities are accounted for and kept within safe biological limits

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.6: Trends in population of non-target species affected by fisheries

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.7: Red List Index (impact of fisheries)

  • Specific Indicator 6.4.8: Living Planet Index (trends in target and bycatch species)

• Indicator 6.5: Trends in fishing practices

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Target 14.4 Target 14.6 Target 14.7 Target 14.b Indicator 14.4.1 Indicator 14.6.1 Indicator 14.7.1 Indicator 14.b.1

  Terms: Fisheries management, Fishing methods

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.1: Global effect in bottom trawling

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.2: Progress by countries in the degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.3: Amount (spatial extent, gear type, intensity) of fishing effort within vulnerable habitats

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.4: Number of countries with ecosystem impact monitoring and/or assessment programmes

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.5: Number of countries with legislation allowing for action for the protection of vulnerable habitats (including VMEs), and addressing threats to ecosystem structure and function

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.6: Coverage of fisheries with management measures to effectively manage bycatch and reduce discards

  • Specific Indicator 6.5.7: Number and coverage of stocks with adaptive management systems/plans

• Indicator 6.6: Trends in proportion of fish stocks outside safe biological limits

  SDG Goals:

  Goal 14 Target 14.4 Indicator 14.4.1

  Terms: Fisheries management, Threatened species

  • Specific Indicator 6.6.1: Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels