Economy, Industry & Agriculture
Down To EarthConsider the following statements regarding the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and the governance of transboundary hilsa stocks in the Bay of Bengal:
Statements
- Hilsa is an anadromous species, meaning it lives primarily in freshwater and migrates to marine waters for breeding.
- Uncoordinated national fishing-ban calendars can shift net fishing pressure across maritime boundaries rather than reduce it, as fish migrate into a neighbouring country's Exclusive Economic Zone during the other country's closed season.
- The EAFM framework, as applied to transboundary stocks, calls for joint stock assessments and synchronised seasonal closures across range states, rather than single-species rules written country by country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?