 | FAO Fisheries Report No. 782 FIPP/R782 (En) FAO/JAPAN GOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME GCP/INT/788/JPN OVERCOMING FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION IN FISHERIES: SELECTED PAPERS ON ISSUES AND APPROACHES
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INSTRUMENTS AND FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION IN FISHERIES FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
With financial support from the Government of Japan, an FAO project, GCP/INT/788/JPN, was initiated in 2001 to address issues related to factors of overexploitation and unsustainability in fisheries. The aim of the project is to improve fisheries management through better knowledge of factors leading to unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries, and to improve the framework for the implementation of international fisheries instruments.
A first workshop on factors contributing to unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries was organized in the context of this project in Bangkok, Thailand, from 4 to 8 February 2002 (“the Bangkok Workshop”).*
A second workshop on the implementation of international fisheries instruments and factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries was held in Mauritius, from 3 to 7 February 2003 (“the Mauritius Workshop”).**
A third workshop on international fisheries instruments and factors of unsustainability and overexploitation was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 13 to 16 September 2004 (“the Siem Reap Workshop”).
This document contains the report of the Siem Reap Workshop and eighteen discussion papers submitted by the participants. The report includes a summary of each paper and a synthesis of views expressed during the discussion, followed by the overall conclusions and recommendations of the workshop.
This document was compiled and edited by Ms Judith Swan, Consultant, and Dr Dominique Gréboval, Senior Fishery Planning Officer (FAO Fisheries Department) and Technical Secretary of the Workshop.
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| Swan, J; Gréboval, D. (eds.) Overcoming factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries: selected papers on issues and approaches. International Workshop on the Implementation of the International Fisheries Instruments and Factors of Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries. Siem Reap, Cambodia, 13–16 September 2004. |
| FAO Fisheries Report . No. 782. Rome, FAO. 2005. 352p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| An international workshop was organized in order to identify factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries and review major issues in the implementation of international fisheries instruments. The workshop referred closely to the results of two previous workshops held in Bangkok in 2002 (International Workshop on Factors Contributing to Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries) and in Mauritius in 2003 (International Workshop on the Implementation of International Fisheries Instruments and Factors of Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries). The Workshop focused on: the way main factors are addressed in international fisheries instruments; the difficulties and obstacles for States and regional fishery bodies to implement existing fisheries instruments; the way these difficulties and obstacles can be overcome; the lessons learned from the implementation of fisheries instruments in relation to overexploitation and unsustainability infisheries; and the identification of possible gaps. |
| The Workshop was based on a review of eighteen discussion papers that took into account the outcomes of the previous two workshops and addressed the following themes: (1) Governance and fisheries management: causes or solutions for unsustainability; (2) Access and fishing rights; (3) Fishery management and sustainability dimensions; and (4) Small-scale issues and developing country perspective. |
| This document contains the report of the Workshop and discussion papers submitted by the participants. The report includes a summary of each paper and a synthesis of views expressed during the discussion, followed by the overall conclusions and recommendations of the workshop. |
PART I: REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INSTRUMENTS AND FACTORS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION
2. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION PAPERS
3. SYNTHESIS OF VIEWS EXPRESSED DURING THE DISCUSSION
I. GOVERNANCE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: CAUSES OR SOLUTIONS FOR UNSUSTAINABILITY
SLOW FISH : CREATING NEW METAPHORS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
BY RATANA CHUENPAGDEE AND DANIEL PAULY
IS FISHERY SCIENCE HELPING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ?
BY JEAN-JACQUES MAGUIRE
II. ACCESS AND FISHING RIGHTS
ESTABLISHING ACCESS REGULATION AND RIGHTS
BY JOSEPH CATANZANO
III. FISHERY MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DIMENSIONS
WILL AN ECOSYSTEM APPROACH MITIGATE THE FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY?
BY JAKE RICE
THREE ISSUES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN FISHERIES
BY RÖGNVALDUR HANNESSON
IV. SMALL SCALE ISSUES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
