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Transforming Wasted Resources for a Sustainable Future

Sustainable management of bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean trawl fisheries. REBYC-II LAC

Year of publication 2016

Pages 8p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The project promotes the implementation of the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of discards, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty alleviation and the Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forestry in the Context of national Food Security.

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