Post-harvest, food safety, nutrition
Publications
A qualitative assessment of standards and certification schemes applicable to aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region
2007
At its 29th Session, the Asia–Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) recognized that a rapidly emerging issue in the region is the development of certification schemes for fisheries and aquaculture and the potential opportunities and constraints that these might bring to the region. In particular the member countries specifically requested APFIC to review opportunities and constraints with certification schemes as might apply in the APFIC region. This report is made in response to this request. Aquaculture is...
Potential costs and benefits of fisheries certification for countries in the Asia-Pacific region
2007
This publication was prepared as a background paper for an Asia–Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) Regional consultative workshop on “Certification schemes for capture fisheries and aquaculture” held in Viet Nam 18–20 September 2007. At the 29th APFIC Session (21–24 August 2006) in Kuala Lumpur, member countries recommended that APFIC’s work should focus on “Certification in Fisheries” as one of the emerging issues for the fisheries sector in the region. To follow up on this recommendation,...
Integrating Fisheries into the Development Discourse
2007
Asia is the world’s foremost capture fishery and aquaculture producer and is home to the majority of the world’s fishers and fishing vessels. Consequently, one would expect this importance to be reflected in the national development discourse of Asian countries. This review by the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) considers whether this is so by examining the socio-economic importance of fisheries in the region in terms of their contribution to primary exports, domestic protein consumption,...