Medal for promotion of responsible fishing.
The Margarita Lizárraga Medal, awarded to organizations or individuals who have served with distinction in the application of FAO’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, was also presented today to the multilateral Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP), whose membership includes Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, the United States, Vanuatu and Venezuela.
AIDCP's objective is to reduce dolphin deaths in the tuna purse-seine fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean in order to ensure the sustainability of tuna stocks and related species. FAO said that in carrying out this work, the AIDCP has been an unqualified success and has diligently applied the principles outlined in the UN agency's voluntary code of conduct on responsible fishing.
