Implementation of the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
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Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award 2008-2009
Nominations are now invited for the Margarita Lizárraga Award for the biennium 2008-2009.
The Award pays tribute to Ms Margarita Lizárraga, a Mexican national and an officer in the Fisheries Department at the time of her passing away in 1997, and is presented biennially to a person or organization that has served with distinction in the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of FAO. More | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | FAO publications on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing available in Russian
Two key FAO publications on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are now available online in Russian. You can consult the full text in Russian of the International Plan of Action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The booklet Stopping illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing describes, in a non-technical manner, important aspects of the International Plan of Action in order to make the Plan's complex information more accessible and understandable to a wider public. | Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - online in Russian
A booklet describing important aspects of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in a non-technical manner is now available online in Russian. What is the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries? presents some of the complex information contained within the Code in a simplified form in an attempt to make it more accessible to all users of fisheries. The booklet is available online in 11 other languages. | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | MARGARITA LIZÁRRAGA MEDAL AWARD 2006-2007
Ten years ago, the FAO Conference instituted the Margarita Lizárraga Medal to be awarded every two years to a person or organization that has served with distinction in the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The Medal pays tribute to Ms Margarita Lizárraga, Senior Fishery Liaison Officer, for her decisive role in promoting the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) was selected as the recipient of the Award for the biennium 2006-2007. SEAFDEC, an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, was established in 1967 with the mandate to promote fisheries development in Southeast Asia. SEAFDEC has served with distinction in the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and its achievement is an outstanding and practical hands-on contribution to the application of the Code. | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security.
The objectives of these Technical Guidelines are to provide a focus on small-scale fisheries and their current and potential role in contributing to poverty alleviation and food security by expanding on the guidance on small-scale fisheries offered by the Code. The Guidelines are complementary to existing Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries. | Fri, 20 Apr 2007 | New agreement governing high-seas fishing in Indian Ocean
Successful outcome of multilateral talks hosted by FAO.
Following two days of talks at FAO's Rome headquarters last week, six countries (the Comoros, France, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Seychelles) and the European Community have signed a multilateral agreement on the management of fishing in a vast area of the high seas in the South Indian Ocean.
| Thu, 13 Jul 2006 | Margarita Lizárraga Award 2006-2007
Nominations are now invited for the Margarita Lizárraga Award for the biennium 2006-2007.
The Award pays tribute to Ms Margarita Lizárraga, a Mexican national and an officer in the Fisheries Department at the time of her passing away in 1997, and is presented biennially to a person or organization that has served with distinction in the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of FAO. More | Wed, 28 Jun 2006 | New Code of Conduct Technical Guidelines on small-scale fisheries published
The most recent addition to the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries, "Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security", focuses on the role that small-scale fisheries can play in poverty alleviation and food security. Most small-scale fishers are in developing countries and many live in poor and food insecure communities. These guidelines explore ways through which the contribution of small-scale fisheries to both poverty alleviation and food security could be enhanced. | Wed, 1 Mar 2006 | Wider use of fishing rights needed to safeguard fishery resources
Pressure on finite ocean resources growing - future catches depend on better management.
At a major international conference on fisheries management being held this week in Australia, FAO is underscoring the need for governments to establish clear and fair rules for managing access to fishery resources.
"It has been clear for some time that the world's fisheries are finite and that our catches have to be similarly finite. It's also clear that not everybody can participate in fisheries -- access to capture fisheries must be limited," said Ichiro Nomura, FAO Assistant Director-General for Fisheries, in a speech today at the opening of the Sharing the Fish 2006 Conference (Fremantle, Western Australia, 26 February - 2 March).
| Mon, 27 Feb 2006 | WWF call to manage marine life
Source: The Standard - China's Business Newspaper
A worldwide conservation group has sent a letter to Financial Secretary Henry Tang, calling on him to fund a sustainable fisheries policy to help counter the depletion of global marine stocks.
Eric Bohm, chief executive of WWF Hong Kong, wrote the missive criticizing Tang - who is composing the city's annual budget - for not making enough time to learn about the need to manage marine life in the South China Sea, despite being contacted about the problem on November 24.
"It has become increasingly obvious to us the government seems to hope the problem will just go away, which it will, but with devastating consequences," Bohm said in the letter forwarded to Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Health, Welfare and Food Secretary York Chow and Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Sarah Liao.
| Thu, 19 Jan 2006 | FAO awards recognize contributions to fight against hunger
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.
| Sat, 19 Nov 2005 | Global code for sustainable fishing turns 10
FAO calls for renewed efforts to improve fisheries management on 10th anniversary of code's adoption.
A growing number of countries are applying FAO's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries at the national level, the UN agency said today on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Code's adoption.
Drafted by 170 nations during discussions brokered by FAO and adopted on 31 October 1995, the Code contains a series of policy principles, technical guidelines and best practices for conducting fishing and aquaculture in a responsible and sustainable way.
| Mon, 31 Oct 2005 | The Ocean Policy Summit
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Ocean Policy Summit 2005 took place in Lisbon, Portugal from 11-13 October 2005. The event brought together 218 participants from 53 countries, with governments, regional organizations, UN agencies, academia, non-governmental organizations and industry represented. It was organized by the International Ocean Governance Network with support from the Nippon Foundation, the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, the Portuguese Intersectoral Ocean Commission, Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Port Authority of Lisbon, the International Coastal and Ocean Organization, the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy at the University of Delaware, and the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie University.
The Summit took as its theme, “Integrated Ocean Policy: National and Regional Experiences, Prospects and Emerging Practices.” Delegates met for eight panel discussions on various aspects of integrated ocean policy, including: the growing interest in integrated national and regional ocean policies; learning lessons from countries that have made the most progress to date; achieving cross-sectoral harmonization of ocean use and agencies; identifying principles for governance; and implementing an integrated policy and factoring in operational and financial considerations.
In addition to the formal panel discussions, working groups considered key questions and the Summit’s outcomes. There were also special presentations on the status of the world’s exclusive economic zones under the Law of the Sea and on Marine Protected Areas, as well as briefings on a number of recent meetings. In addition, several pre-conference gatherings were held on 10 October, and a post-conference ocean strategy workshop convened on 14 October.
The discussions and ideas generated at the Ocean Policy Summit 2005 are expected to provide further momentum for integrated oceans management at the international, regional and national levels.
| Sun, 16 Oct 2005 | Fisheries Experts Converge in Namibia
Source: allAfrica
Dozens of delegates from nine countries affiliated to the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) are attending a three-day second annual meeting of the Commission of SEAFO that got underway in Windhoek yesterday.
The SEAFO meeting will look at issues affecting the fisheries and marine world at par with the SEAFO Convention.
...Among other deliberations is the issue of illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing (IUU) which is expected to enjoy prominence from fisheries and marine resources experts delegated to the meeting that is taking place in Windhoek.
"The greatest threat to sustainability of fisheries resources in high seas is - the demon - the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU). IUU fishing undermines the effectiveness of conservation and management of the world's fisheries resources," said Iyambo.Dr Abraham Iyambo, Namibia's Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister. | Wed, 5 Oct 2005 | Promotion of Responsible Fisheries
Source: GTZ
Worldwide, approximately 230 million people live from fishery and aquaculture. Most of these people belong to the poorest sections of the population.
As aquatic resources continue to be overexploited worldwide, sustainable fisheries management is essential for food security, income and employment in rural and coastal populations.
The project, "Promotion of Responsible Fisheries" supports the dissemination and implementation of the International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) drafted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Code of Conduct contains the internationally established recommendations for the sustainable use of aquatic resources.
| Wed, 10 Aug 2005 | DFO/APEC Oceans Ministers' Meeting to Highlight Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Resource Development:Canada and Indonesia to Co-Chair
Harnessing the economic value of fisheries and other marine resources while ensuring environmental sustainability, will be among the key issues for APEC Oceans Ministers' consideration when they meet in Bali, Indonesia, on September 16 and 17.
| Tue, 26 Jul 2005 | NZ signs agreement to combat fishing pirates
New Zealand has signed an international agreement to help combat pirate fishing, Fisheries Minister David Benson-Pope announced today. The United Nations’ FAO Compliance Agreement aims to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing by putting more responsibilities on flag States to control their vessels fishing on the high seas.
| Wed, 20 Jul 2005 | NAAFE 2005 Forum debate "Ensuring Fisheries Benefits for All Time"
The third biennial NAAFE Forum in 2005 was held at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 25-27, 2005. | Fri, 15 Jul 2005 | Combating illegal fishing in the developing world
Fish stocks around the world are under threat from illegal fishing according to a new report by the Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG).
Every year at least $4 billion of fish is caught illegally.
Illegal fishing thrives where national governments are weak and where countries fail to meet their international responsibilities. Growing demand and poor controls mean rich pickings for criminals in the waters around developing countries.
| Thu, 14 Jul 2005 | SUMMARY OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CBD AD HOC OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON PROTECTED AREAS
The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was convened from 13-17 June 2005, in Montecatini, Italy. The Working Group was established by the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the CBD to support and review the implementation of the programme of work on PAs, adopted by Decision VII/28. The objective of the work programme is to support the establishment and maintenance, by 2010 for terrestrial | Wed, 22 Jun 2005 | Summary of the first meeting of the CBD ad hoc open-ended working group on protected areas: 13 - 17 June 2005
Source: Earth Negotiation Bulletin
The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PAs) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was convened from 13-17 June 2005, in Montecatini, Italy. The Working Group was established by the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the CBD to support and review the implementation of the programme of work on PAs, adopted by Decision VII/28. The objective of the work programme is to support the establishment and maintenance, by 2010 for terrestrial and by 2012 for marine areas, of comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional systems of PAs that contribute to achieving the three objectives of the Convention and the 2010 target to significantly reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss. | Mon, 20 Jun 2005 | Plans for sea fisheries management needed in Morocco
Source: Arabic News
The need to incept plans for the management of Moroccan sea fisheries to ensure the monitoring and the preservation of the sector's resources was highlighted by Hassan Chami, president of the Moroccan enterprises general Confederation (CGEM).
Chami told the first fisheries meeting, sponsored by the Sea Industries Federation (FIM) and the CGEM, opened here Tuesday, of the problems of the sector because of over-fishing and the presence of foreign fishing boats in Moroccan waters and of the vital role of fisheries along the 3,500 km of the country's Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
...The FAO conduct code on fishing practices is an excellent guide, which should be adopted by Morocco as a model to work out a code suiting its fisheries context, Laensar said. | Wed, 15 Jun 2005 | The sixth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
Source: Earth Negotiations Bulletin
The sixth meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (Consultative Process or UNICPOLOS) opens today at UN headquarters in New York, and will continue until 10 June 2005. Delegates will convene in plenary sessions to, inter alia: exchange views on areas of concern and actions needed; discuss cooperation and coordination on oceans issues; and identify issues for further consideration. Two discussion panels will be held to consider fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development, and marine debris. The recommendations stemming from the meeting will be forwarded to the General Assembly at its 60th session.
| Mon, 6 Jun 2005 | Fishery Council begins three day meeting
The Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council begins a three day meeting today to address overfishing of Hawaii bottomfish | Tue, 31 May 2005 | Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
... these promising developments unfold, the European Union feels an added responsibility to be at the forefront of the process to promote responsible fisheries. ...
| Sun, 15 May 2005 | Vietnam looks to improve fishing sector
Vietnam’s fishing sector is facing serious challenges arising from its rapid development, the Ministry of Fisheries said. | Thu, 12 May 2005 | Up to $300,000 for nets
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Rory McEwen said the government is "moving to protect the State's valuable marine scalefish fishery", particularly Garfish, King George whiting, Tommy Ruff, Calamari and Snook | Thu, 5 May 2005 | Promoting responsible fishing in the South West Indian Ocean
New commission to focus on coastal fisheries - agreement on high seas in the pipeline.
A new FAO regional fisheries body has been established to promote responsible and sustainable fishing in the southwestern Indian Ocean, the UN specialized agency announced today.
The South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) will function as an advisory body promoting the sustainable development and utilization of coastal fishery resources off the shores of East Africa and several island states of the region, as well as responsible management and regional cooperation on fisheries policy.
| Wed, 4 May 2005 | FFA members join global effort to stop illegal fishing
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), and Fisheries Ministers and officials from some of the FFA’s Pacific Island member countries and territories are last Friday travelling to St Johns in Newfoundland, Canada to seek concrete action from the international community to tackle the problem of illegal fishing on the high seas.
| Tue, 3 May 2005 | Regional countries discuss sustainable development of fisheries
Ha Noi (VNA) - Measures for members of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC) to prudently use fishery sources top the agenda of the 37th meeting of the SEAFDEC Council that opened in Ha Noi on April 5 | Thu, 14 Apr 2005 | MSC (Marine Stewardship Council ) welcomes FAO guidelines on marine eco-labelling
THE Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) welcomes the publication of eco-label guidelines for fish and fishery products by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and says it is a significant endorsement of eco-labelling as a tool to achieve the sustainable management of fisheries.
“We believe eco-labels based on robust procedures and the principles of transparency, accountability and independence can help sustain the world’s marine resources for the future,” said Rupert Howes, MSC’s chief executive. “The shape and detail of the FAO’s new guidelines recognise the MSC’s pioneering work in establishing high quality fishery eco-labelling. Our standard is already consistent with the core FAO requirements, and our track record of effective systems, commercial success and consumer recognition is strengthened by the setting of this credible international minimum.”
| Thu, 14 Apr 2005 | Governments call for responsible post-tsunami reconstruction of fisheries, pledge to combat illegal fishing
Joint statements issued at close of high-level meeting at FAO.
A group of 121 fishing ministers and high-level fisheries officials who gathered at FAO over the weekend for a special ministerial meeting have issued a joint declaration stressing the need to rebuild fisheries and aquaculture in tsunami-affected countries in a responsible and people-centred manner.
Among those participating in the March 12 event were representatives from countries affected by the tsunami.
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