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Report of the Expert Consultation to Develop the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries: Recreational Fisheries. Berlin, Germany, 5-6 August 2011

Year of publication 2011

Pages 136

Author Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251069691

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number 2070-6987 - R979

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Th e Expert Consultation to Develop the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries: Recreational Fisheries was held at the Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes of the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin, Germany, on 5 and 6 August 2011. Th e Expert Consultation was organized in recognition of the growing global importance of recreational fi sheries in the overall fi sheries sector development and management. Recreational fi sherie s has become an important sub-sector of the fi sheries sector in terms of employment and income generation. Th e Expert Consultation had before it a comprehensive working document on the subject matter. Th e Expert Consultation reviewed the working document and provided specifi c guidance for the fi nalization, publication, dissemination and global level promotion of the Technical Guidelines. Th e Expert Consultation also provided general recommendations on recreational fi sheries ma nagement and development aspects to FAO and other relevant stakeholders.

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FAO Report of the Expert Consultation to Develop the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries: Recreational Fisheries, Berlin, Germany, 5–6 August 2011. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 979, Ankara, FAO 2011. 136 pp.

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