Fisheries Minister Gail Shea hosted an international conference in Prince Edward Island. (CBC)Countries from around the North Atlantic pledged Thursday to work together to record and report accurately how many fish each country is actually catching.
An annual international conference of fisheries ministers wrapped up Thursday on Prince Edward Island.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea hosted her counterparts from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the Russian Federation as well as a representative of the European Union.
Shea said other countries are adopting Canadian methods for monitoring catch limits.
"I can tell you that the European Union has adopted part of a catch reporting program that comes from our west coast, which has been a real success story .… So this is the benefit of these types of forums, where we can learn from each other," she said.
The ministers agreed that accurately measured fisheries are necessary for scientists to develop sustainable and responsible fisheries management advice.
"By going to 100 per cent full accounting of catches, this gives the scientists one more piece of data that they can use to make better decisions and those decisions affect the people who are fishing now," Shea said.
The ministers also agreed that technology, such as the use of electronic catch reporting, promotes transparency and facilitates the sharing of information.
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