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FAO Code of Conduct and other instruments |
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Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
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FAO Compliance Agreement |
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Other instruments |
FAO Code of Conduct |
This section deals with the FAO Code of Conduct itself and FAO Compliance Agreement, which forms an integral part of the Code.
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Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
FAO
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Text
and summary on this website.
FAO Code of Conduct homepage
A large amount of information is available on the FAO site. In addition to the text of
the Code and background information on its elaboration and other general information, including
information on its implementation, there are documents on the following aspects:
Agreements to Promote Fishery Conservation and
Management in International Waters
Very readable and quite lengthy overview of the FAO's Compliance Agreement and Code of
Conduct and the Straddling Stocks Agreement. Part of the U.S. Congressional Research Service Report
series, it is readable on-line.
A brief summary of the provisions of the Code is contained on the Institute of Sustainable Development's Web-site, as part of a summary of the UN Straddling Stocks Conference. Also on this site is a full on-line copy of Volume 7 of the Earth Negotiation Bulletin. Although this concentrates on the Straddling Stocks Conference, a number of issues give some background information on the Code. I have not listed the relevant issues here, but there is a search facility for the Bulletin, which leads to the relevant issues. (Use the keywords "code", "conduct", "responsible", etc.).
IMPLEMENTATION: ACTIVITIES THROUGH FAO
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in the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheires and
Related International Plans of Action Report for the 24th Session of COFI: COFI/2001/3. |
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Progress in the Implementation of
the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Extract from the Report of the 24th session of COFI, discussing COFI/2001/3. |
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Progress in the Implementation of
the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Extract from the Report of the 23rd session of COFI |
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promotion and implementation of the Code: COFI/99/INF.6 |
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Progress Report on the
Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Extract from the Report of the 22nd Session of COFI. |
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Rome Declaration on the Implementation
of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Declaration adopted at the FAO Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries, Rome, March 1999 (also reproduced on this site). |
IMPLEMENTATION: REGIONAL INITIATIVES
General
Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean
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Fishery
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Indian
Ocean Fishery Commission
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Committee
for Inland Fisheries of Africa
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NATIONAL INITIATIVES
Australian Code of Conduct for
Responsible Seafood Industry
Code published by the Australian Seafood
Industry Council.
Overview of US measures, provided on-line by the US National Marine Fisheries Service.
Canadian
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Similar site from the Candian Department
of Fisheries and Oceans
The
European Union's contribution to better implementation of the Code of Conduct
for responsible fishing
Brief press release
from 1999.
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Experience from the Bay of Bengal
Regionalization of the Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries
Information from the Southeast Asian Fisheries
Development Center.
Declaration of the III
Conference of Ministers of Fisheries
(also
in French and Spanish)
A Toxa, Spain, 17-19 September 1997
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Literature on-line |
| The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Uwe Barg, October 2000 |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Development and Implementation Considerations July 2000 | The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: The Requirement for Structural Change and Adjustment in the Fisheries Sector November 1998 |
Implementation
of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and Related Instruments: Implications for
Members of the OECS July 1997 Three papers by D.J. Doulman |
Responsible fisheries with special; reference to small-scale fisheries and West Africa | Responsible tuna fishing |
Guidelines
for Responsible Fishing Three papers by J. Prado (June and October 1997) |
Strategy
for the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Y. Kato (1997)
The Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Towards Implementation
M. Lizárraga (1996)
The Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and Post-Harvest Practices and Trade
The Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Implications for Caribbean States
Two papers by E. Ruckes (1996)
Case studies from OECD Fisheries:
| Identifying the social implications of moving to responsible fisheries [pdf] | The role of the post-harvesting sector in moving to responsible fisheries [pdf] | Identifying the costs and gains of a move to responsible fisheries: Part 1 |
| Compliance Agreement |
Agreement
to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management
Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
Text and summary
information on this site.
FAO
Fisheries Department: Compliance Agreement pages
Also contains the text of the agreement and basic
information, including its current status.
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Other instruments |
Multilateral Treaties
Compendium
Major collection of texts and summaries on fisheries (more than 140) on
this website. See also other Treaty collections listed on Page 16.
International
agreements concerning living marine resources of interest to NOAA fisheries
(2003)
Overview of the international agreements in which the United States
participates, which
serves as a useful general overview of agreements relating to fisheries.
International
Agreements: Fishing
A similar paper from the Australian National
Oceans Office, although containing mainly bilateral agreements.
A Survey of International
Agreements
Brief summaries of all major agreements related to the law of the sea, published on the
NOAA Year of the Oceans site.
International cooperation on fisheries and
environment
Overview of a wide-range of relevant instruments on the Nordic Council website.
