Reduction of Environmental Impact from Tropical Shrimp Trawling through Introduction of By-catch Technologies and Change of Management

Shrimp exploitation by tropical trawl fisheries generates significant amounts of non-shrimp by-catch. In some countries, by-catch has become an important source of income and contributes to food supply. In others, by-catch of fish, particularly small-siz
Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
Topics
Mercury supply sources
Managing organisations
FAO
Implementing organisations
UNEP
FAO
Project ID
884
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 2
GEF Cofinancing
$4.370.000
GEF project grant
$4.450.000
Minamata PoolParty Tags
Mercury supply sources