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Factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in marine fisheries – Views from the southern Mediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean

Year of publication 2009

Pages 89

Author Bodiguel, C.; Gréboval, D.; Maguire, J.J. (eds.).;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251062319

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular

Series number 2070-6065 - C1037

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) With financial support from the Government of Japan, an FAO project was initiated in 2001 to address issues related to factors of overexploitation and unsustainability in fisheries, as a way to improve the framework for the implementation of international fisheries instruments. Within the framework of this project, three international workshops were held in order to review the implementation of international fisheries instruments and to attain a worldwide overview of what factors contr ibute to unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries. Further, in order to attain a regional perspective on such factors, particularly in relation to the specific issues or the constraints and opportunities facing developing countries, three regional workshops were held focusing on the southern Mediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. This document contains the reports of these regional workshops, including supporting technical documentation.

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Bodiguel, C.; Gréboval, D.; Maguire, J.J. (eds.).Factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in marine fisheries – Views from the southernMediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1037. Rome, FAO. 2009. 89p.

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