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Farming the Waters for People and Food - Proceedings of the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010. Phuket, Thailand 22-25 September 2010.








FAO/NACA, 2012. Farming the Waters for People and Food. R.P. Subasinghe, J.R. Arthur,D.M. Bartley, S.S. De Silva, M. Halwart, N. Hishamunda, C.V. Mohan & P. Sorgeloos,(Eds.) Proceedings of the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010, Phuket, Thailand.22–25 September 2010. FAO, Rome and NACA, Bangkok. 896 pp.


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    The "Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010-Farming the Waters for People and Food" was organised by FAO and NACA, hosted by the Government of Thailand and attended by about 450 people from 80 countries and all the world’s continents. It resulted in the “Phuket Consensus”, which reaffirms the commitment to the principles laid out in the 2000 Bangkok Declaration and Strategy and recommends (i) increasing the effectiveness of governance of the aquaculture sector; (ii) encouraging and facilitating greater investments in scientific, technical and social innovations; (iii) conducting accurate assessments of the progress and contributions of aquaculture (including aquatic plants) to national, regional and global economies, poverty alleviation and food security; (iv) intensifying assistance to the small farmers; (v) supporting gender sensitive policies and implement programmes that facilitate economic and political empowerment of women through their active participation in aquaculture; (vi) increasing and strengthening collaboration and partnerships; and (vii) giving special emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa and the least aquaculturally developed countries and areas in order to allow them to develop their aquatic resource potentials.
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    Report of the fifth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Thailand 27 September-1 October 2010 / Rapport de la cinquième session du Sous-Comité de l’aquaculture. Phuket, Thaïlande, 27 septembre-1 octobre 2010. / Informe de la quinta reunión del Subcomité de Acuicultura. Phuket, Tailandia, 27 septiembre-1 octubre 2010 2010
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    The fifth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in Phuket, Thailand, from 27 September to 1 October 2010 at the kind invitation of the Royal Thai Government. It was attended by 58 Members of FAO, and by observers from three intergovernmental and three international non-governmental organizations. The Sub-Committee appreciated the efforts of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department in responding to the recommendations of the past session of the Sub-Committee. Several working documents, including the Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, were presented by the Secretariat for information, discussion and decision by the Sub-Committee. The Secretariat also held a special event on the outcome of the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010: Farming the Waters for People and Food. All documents presented and the activities conducted were well received. The Sub-Committee adopted the Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certificat ion for eventual endorsement by the twenty-ninth session of the COFI in early 2011. It requested the Secretariat to ensure the implementation of recommendations by the Sub-Committee at its fifth session during the intersessional period. The Sub-Committee expressed its appreciation to the Royal Thai Government and staff from the Thai Department of Fisheries for their hospitality and the excellent facilities provided for the session. The Sub-Committee agreed that its next session should be held in 2012 and appreciated the offer made by the Government of South Africa to host it.
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    The Kyoto Strategy for Aquaculture Development adopted in 1976 facilitated the transformation of aquaculture from a traditional to a science-based economic activity. It promoted technical cooperation among developing countries to expand aquaculture development. The UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity that came into effect in 1993 reflected the world community's commitment to manage biodiversity for the welfare of present and future generations The FAO Code of Conduct for Respon sible Fisheries promulgated in 1995 enshrined the principles of sustainability and responsibility in the practice of fisheries, aquaculture and trade in aquatic products. The Bangkok Declaration and Strategy adopted in 2000 articulated 17 strategic elements for aquaculture development. These could be broadly summarised as: (i) a responsible farmer is justifiably rewarded; (ii) costs and benefits are shared equitably; (iii) society benefits from the practice and products of aquacultur e; (iv) adequate, affordable and safe food is available and accessible to everyone; (v) the environment is conserved for the next generation, and (vi) the development of the sector is orderly. At the threshold of this millennium, in September 2000 in New York, the global community adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration which set the eight Millennium Development Goals. The Paris Declaration adopted in March 2005, provides the guidelines for the correct targeting, effectiv e coordination and efficient management and utilization of external assistance. Gl o b a l C o n f e r e n c e o n Aq u a c u l t u r e 2 0 1 0 F a rmi n g t h e Wa t e r s fo r P e o p l e a n d F o o d 22-25 Sept ember 20 10 – Phuket , Thai l and 2 In the third World Food Summit on food security held in November 2009 in Rome, the leaders of nations pledged their renewed commitment to eradicate hunger at the earliest possible date. Towards the end of the first decade in Decemb er 2009, the world agreed, in Copenhagen, to meet with resolve and a common purpose the challenges of climate change. These global accords, with the Bangkok Declaration and Strategy as the core instrument for aquaculture development, shall continue to guide the development and management of aquaculture beyond 2010 through the first quarter of this century.

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