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Eco-certification for the tuna industry: technical assistance for implementation of a Regional Fisheries Strategy for ESA-IO (IRFS)









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    Implementation of a Regional Fisheries Strategy ESA-IO 2012
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    This report addresses a key result area of the SmartFish programme. Component 4 identifies a ‘Trade Readiness Document (TRD)’ as the main output in this context. From the points of view of generating regional value added and to support food security, intra-regional trade in fish products should be encouraged and expanded. The TRD study aims to assist the process of enhancing regional trade in fish products by improving Trade Readiness in the 20 SmartFish countries. The report is, however, a pilo t study based on work in four selected countries. The findings would then be used to design and carry out a full study of the 20 countries based on an adapted Trade Readiness Questionnaire (TRQ). The main activities included discussions with public sector authorities that constitute the trade enabling environment, and interviews with the private sector operators active in the fish product value chain. Region Economic Communities (RECs) such as COMESA and IOC have been consulted regarding strateg ic visions, to ensure that the outcome of the TRD study is in tandem. Additional information and ideas have been extrapolated from other SmartFish interventions and from broader assessments made by international bodies to deepen context.
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    Report of the Regional Technical Workshop on Sustainable Marine Cage Aquaculture Development. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 25–26 January 2009 2009
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    The Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Regional Technical Workshop on Sustainable Marine Cage Aquaculture Development, held from 25 to 26 January 2009 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, was organized in view of the growing importance and interest of this aquaculture sub-sector across the region. The workshop focus was on environmental impact assessment and monitoring, and aquaculture licensing for marine aquaculture cage systems and aimed at identifying constraints and shortcomings that requi red to be dealt with to support the development of the cage industry and facilitate investments from the private sector. The document contains a set of suggestions and recommendations with regards to technical and policy requirements needed to support the growth of the aquaculture sector as a whole and more specifically cage fish farming. The report also contains three review documents on marine cage aquaculture in the region, regulation of Norwegian net-cage fish farming, and a review on cage a quaculture licensing procedures prepared as background discussion papers for the workshop. With specific regard to environmental impact assessment (EIA) the discussions held at the workshop clearly indicate that there is a need for the region and individual Commission members to develop an ad hoc EIA format based on the conditions of the local marine environment. A proposed cage aquaculture licence procedure was discussed and proposed at the workshop based on the format developed and adopted by the Sultanate of Oman.
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