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NPOA - South Africa - National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Managementof Sharks

Year of publication 2013

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 54 p.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone is endowed with a rich variety of marine living resources. The sustainable management of these resources for the beneit of all South Africans, present and future, remains a irm commitment of the South African Government. South Africa is signatory to the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries – voluntarily agreed to by members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – and, as such, is committed to the development and implementation o f National Plans of Action (NPOAs) as adopted by the twenty-third session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in February 1999 and endorsed by the FAO Council in June 1999.

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