Recreational fishing is defined as fishing of aquatic animals (mainly fish) that do not constitute the individual's primary resource to meet basic nutritional needs and are not generally sold or otherwise traded on export, domestic or black markets. Recreational fishing constitutes the dominant use of wild fish stocks in all freshwaters of industrialized countries, and it is prominent in many coastal ecosystems. The importance of recreational fisheries is increasing rapidly in many transitional economies. The...

Fisheries, including aquaculture, provide a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade and economic well-being for people throughout the world, both for present and future generations and should therefore be conducted in a responsible manner. To promote long-term sustainable fisheries, in 1995 the FAO Conference adopted the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.Afterwards, in 2011, FAO published the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - Special Edition. This special edition of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries...

Las Directrices para el ecoetiquetado de pescado y productos pesqueros de la pesca de captura marina son facultativas. Éstas se aplican a los sistemas  de ecoetiquetado cuya finalidad es certificar y promover etiquetas para los  productos de una pesca de captura marina bien ordenada, y se centran en las  cuestiones relacionadas con la utilización sostenible de los recursos  pesqueros. Las directives se refieren a principios, consideraciones  generales, términos y definiciones, requisitos sustantivos mínimos y  criterios,...

This circular provides an assessment of the technical practicability, advantages, constraints and cost of using electronic reporting as part of the biennial survey on the implementation of the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. In this context, electronic reporting is defined as conducting a survey (questionnaire) electronically in a format that enables statistical analysis and reports to be generated without re-entering the survey information manually. Two types of electronic reporting are investigated: spreadsheet-based...

This circular analyses the implementation and the impact of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries since 1995. In doing so, it first establishes a picture of fisheries and aquaculture sectors before the publication of the Code and 13 years after, in order to detect major changes in both sectors. While fundamental changes in the fisheries sector remained few, the aquaculture sector displays a rather important degree of change, where practices in farm management...