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Precautionary approach to capture fisheries and species introductions

Year of publication 1996

Pages 54

Author Technical Consultation on the Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries ;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251039151

Series title FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries

Series number 1020-5292 - No. 2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Starting from Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration (UNCED, 1992), the document proposes a definition of the precautionary approach to fisheries as well as an elaboration on the burden of proof. It also contains detailed guidelines on how to conduct fishery management and research and how to develop and transfer fishery technology in a context of uncertainty and responsible fisheries. Guidelines are also provided on species introduction, voluntary or accidental (including through balla st water and sediment discharge), recognizing the difficulty of ensuring a precautionary approach in relation to that issue. The guidelines are aimed at the governments, fisheries authorities, fishery industry, regional fishery management bodies, NGOs and other interested parties, in order to: (a) raise their awareness about the need for precaution in fisheries, by providing them with background information on the main issues and implications, and (b) provide practical guidance on ho w to apply such precaution.

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FAO. Precautionary approach to capture fisheries and species introductions. Elaborated by the Technical Consultation on the Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries (Including Species Introductions). Lysekil, Sweden, 6-13 June 1995. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 1996. 54p.

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