Report of the FAO/MSU/WB First Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on a Progressive Management Pathway to Improve Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB). 10 -12 April 2018, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Report of the FAO/MSU/WB First Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on a Progressive Management Pathway to Improve Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB). 10 -12 April 2018, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Report of the FAO/MSU/WB First Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on a Progressive Management Pathway to Improve Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB).

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 76 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-131534-7

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number No. 1254 - R1254

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO/MSU/WB First Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on a Progressive Management Pathway to Improve Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB) was held at the World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States of America from 10 to 12 April 2018. The PMP/AB has the potential to integrate appropriate and sustainable levels of risk management into aquaculture production systems and follows the principles of being risk-based, collaborative and progressive. The sheer numbers of cultured species (more than 500), stakeholders and enterprises in the supply and value chain; the diversity of aquaculture systems, environments, and types of farming operation and management; and the many diseases impacting aquaculture development, including the emergence of new pathogens and their rapid spread globally, all combine to present an enormous challenge for aquaculture development and sustainability at all levels.

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FAO. 2019. Report of the FAO/MSU/WB First Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on a Progressive Management Pathway to Improve Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB), Washington, D.C., United States of America, 10–12 April 2018. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1254. Rome. 76 pp.

Language English

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