Cacaud, P. & Latdavong, P., (2009). Fisheries and aquaculture in the Lao PDR – a legislative review. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2009/05, 71 pp. 

The importance of living aquatic resources to the people of Lao PDR is increasingly well understood. Their role is woven into the culture food and tradition of Lao people from every part of the country and each of its eco-regions. Lao PDR’s fisheries resources are an important source of nutritional quality in the diet as well as providing an important element of food security and source of income to the Lao People. The effective management of both fisheries and aquaculture is a critical need, as Lao PDR is rapidly changing its agriculture and water control systems. Declining fisheries resources as a result of increasing population pressures and environmental change are an increasing feature of the Lao landscape. The Government of Lao PDR recognized the need for a national legal framework to be developed to enable the effective management of fisheries and aquaculture and requested the Department of Livestock and Fisheries to undertake this task. This review forms a background document to a legal review process for fisheries and aquaculture in Lao PDR. The output of this process has been the development of a draft framework for fisheries and aquaculture for further development into national legislation. This work took place over two years and was the result of a unique collaboration between the Government of Lao PDR, in particular the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Legal Service and the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific), WWF, the Mekong River Commission’s Fisheries Programme, in particular its ‘Fisheries Management and Governance Component, the Asian Institute of Technology and the WorldFish Center (SE Asia Regional Office). Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged. This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

The Government of Lao PDR recognized the need for a national legal framework to be developed to enable the effective management of fisheries and aquaculture and requested the Department of Livestock and Fisheries to undertake this task. This review forms a background document to a legal review process for fisheries and aquaculture in Lao PDR. The output of this process has been the development of a draft framework for fisheries and aquaculture for further development into national legislation. This work took place over two years and was the result of a unique collaboration between the Government of Lao PDR, in particular the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Legal Service and the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific), WWF, the Mekong River Commission’s Fisheries Programme, in particular its ‘Fisheries Management and Governance Component, the Asian Institute of Technology and the WorldFish Center (SE Asia Regional Office). Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged. This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

This work took place over two years and was the result of a unique collaboration between the Government of Lao PDR, in particular the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Legal Service and the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific), WWF, the Mekong River Commission’s Fisheries Programme, in particular its ‘Fisheries Management and Governance Component, the Asian Institute of Technology and the WorldFish Center (SE Asia Regional Office). Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged. This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged. This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged. This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

Each organization has provided not only technical and advisory input to this process, including the organization of, and participation in stakeholder consultations, but have also committed funding support. The significant support provided by the European Union in project GCP/ GLO/162/EC, which enabled the initiation of this two year programme and the FAO TCP-Facility managed by the Representative of FAO in Lao PDR are gratefully acknowledged.This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  

This process is an excellent example of partnership that exemplifies modern development assistance and the kind of consultative and inclusive process that ensures a robust outcome that will benefit the people of Lao PDR for generations to come. The  subsequent ratification of the  Lao PDR  fisheries and  aquauculture legislation is evidence of the effectiveness of this process.