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Book (series)Report of the thirteenth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012/ Rapport de la treizième session du Sous-Comité du commerce du poisson, Hyderabad, Inde, 20-24 février 2012/ Informe de la decimotercera reunión del Subcomité de Comercio Pesquero, Hyderabad, India, 20-24 de febrero de 2012 2012
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No results found.The fifth session of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) was held in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, from 28 to 29 October 2011. The Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) hosted the session at the venue of its sixty-fourth annual meeting. The SAG discussed the fisheries resource status in the Wider Caribbean Region, identified emerging and continuing issues of concern to fisheries stakeholders, and produced a set of research-related pri orities focusing on fisheries resource assessment and management, for consideration by the fourteenth session of WECAFC, which is scheduled to be held in Panama in February 2012. The SAG called for renewed attention from policy makers to the declining trend in fish catches of some important commercial fisheries species stocks including the valuable Caribbean spiny lobster and several important reef species and urges action in support of the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible F isheries. The SAG also drew the attention of WECAFC and its members to the following research priorities aimed at improving current fisheries resource assessment and management: comprehensive fisheries assessment; building capacity for research, assessment and management; aquaculture development and management; incorporating social, economic and livelihood considerations; impacts of climate change and variability on fisheries, and; governance of marine resources incorporating ecosystem approache s. The list of SAG recommendations for the attention of the Commission is included in the preface of the report. -
Book (series)Report of the thirteenth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012/ Rapport de la treizième session du Sous-Comité du commerce du poisson, Hyderabad, Inde, 20-24 février 2012/ Informe de la decimotercera reunión del Subcomité de Comercio Pesquero, Hyderabad, India, 20-24 de febrero de 2012 2012The Committee on Fisheries established the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade to serve as a multilateral framework for consultations on international trade in fishery products. The thirteenth session of the Sub-Committee was held in Hyderabad, India, from 20 to 24 February 2012. The Sub-Committee took note of recent developments concerning international trade in fishery products. It also considered specific issues related to international trade and sustainable fisheries development, including : – harmonized system of classification for fish products; – safety and quality of fishery products; – best practice guidelines for traceability; – FAO evaluation framework to assess the conformity of public and private ecolabelling schemes with the FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries; –value chain analysis and international fish trade; – fish trade and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild F auna and Flora (CITES); and –monitoring implementation of Article 11 (post harvest practices and trade) of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. In its capacity as the International Commodity Body for Fishery Products, the Sub-Committee endorsed three project proposals for funding by the Common Fund for Commodities.
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