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The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Implications for Caribbean States.

Paper presented at the Workshop on the Role of Financial Institutions in Strenghtening National Fisheries Industries and Privatization of Fisheries Investments in Small island Devloping States, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 24-28 June 1996

Year of publication 1996

Author Erhard Ruckes

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Fisheries, including aquaculture, provide a vital source of food, employment, recreation, trade and economic well-being for people throughout the world, both for present and future generations and should therefore be conducted in a responsible manner. Fisheries usually represent a particularly valuable natural resource which make the need for their conservation of it an even higher priority. The Code sets out principles and international standards of behaviour for responsible practices with a vi ew to ensuring the effective conservation and management and development of living aquatic resources, with due respect for the ecosystem and biodiversity. It also recognizes the nutritional, economic, social, environmental and cultural importance of fisheries, as well as the interests of those concerned with the fishery sector, the resource users from fishers throughout the chain to the consumers.

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