GEF 7 Ideas note for fisheries and aquaculture. Thirty-fifth session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)

GEF 7 Ideas note for fisheries and aquaculture. Thirty-fifth session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)

Cebu, the Philippines, 11-13 May 2018

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 22

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) Through the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquaculture management process, FAO will provide the structured and participatory processes to enable governments, fishery value chain actors, NGO and fisheries- and aquaculture-dependent communities to identify and prioritize risks to ecosystem well-being, human well-being and enabling governance and to identify the changes required to meet their long-term goals. The EAF/EAA provides stakeholders with the tools to implement agreed-upon actions and to monitor and evaluate the impacts of management actions on their fisheries and aquaculture objectives.

Statutory body / Meeting title Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC)

Meeting symbol APFIC/18/INF-11

Meeting Session Number 35

Meeting date 11-13 May 2018

Meeting location Cebu, The Philippines

Language English

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