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The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries (CCRF) is considered the basic
foundation on which to promote sustainable
fisheries and aquaculture development for the
future. The 1995 FAO conference requested FAO, in
collaboration with members and interested relevant
organizations, to elaborate technical guidelines in
support of the implementation of the Code.
It is significant that the Code's structure and
its different components correspond roughly to
different groups of stakeholders and responsible
actors (fishers, managers, processors, traders,
fish farmers and scientists). The FAO Fisheries
Department emphasizes the need to involve
representatives of all interested key stakeholder
groups in the development and formulation of
guideline documents so as to promote and assure
participation, consultation and broad ownership of
such documents, as well as expertise and
technically sound advice.
An example of such an ongoing multi-stakeholder
process of consensus-building and negotiation on
normative, as well as practical guideline
documentation, is the promotion of efforts leading
to the development of policies, good management
practices and good legal and institutional
arrangements for Sustainable Shrimp Culture
Development. The FAO Fisheries Department supports
this global process, in cooperation with the World
Bank, World Wide Fund for Nature and the Network of
Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific.
Since 1995, the FAO Fisheries Department has
been producing and continues to publish wide-
ranging guideline documentation to assist those
concerned with the implementation of the
recommendations of the Code of Conduct. Some of the
Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries
target issues important to both aquaculture and
capture fisheries, for example, those dealing with
the precautionary approach and species
introductions, food safety, fish utilization and
trade.
In addition to the CCRF technical guidelines
on Aquaculture Development, there are other
guidelines that address aquaculture-specific issues
and problems, for example genetic resources
management, aquaculture health management, feeding
and food safety, environmental management and
planning of aquaculture development, safe and
effective use of chemicals, sustainable integration
of aquaculture and agriculture, and other
aspects.
It is expected that such guideline documents are
complemented as required by specific technical
protocols, codes of practice, instruction manuals,
guides on good management practices, etc. In fact,
since 1995 there has been a remarkable increase in
the number of codes of practice and similar
guidance publications on aquaculture which have
often been developed by government institutions,
experts, private sector interest groups, and,
often, in close cooperation or consultation with
environmental advocacy initiatives.
A list of selected number of guidelines and
related publications is given for further reference
and consultation.
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reference sources
Barg, U. , R. Subasinghe, R. Willmann,
K. Rana and M. Martinez, 1999. Towards
Sustainable Shrimp Culture Development:
Implementing the FAO Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). Pages:
64-81. In: B.W. Green, H.C. Clifford, M.
McNamara and G.M. Montaño, Editors,
V Central American Symposium on
Aquaculture 18-20 August 1999, San Pedro
Sula, Honduras. Asociación Nacional
de Acuicultores de Honduras (ANDAH), Latin
American Chapter of the World Aquaculture
Society (WAS), and Pond
Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative
Research Support Program (CRSP),
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FAO, 1999. Report of the Consultation
on the Application of Article 9 of the FAO
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
in the Mediterranean Region. Rome, Italy,
19-23 July 1999. Rapport de la
Consultation sur l'application de
l'article 9 du Code de conduite pour une
pêche responsable de la FAO dans la
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méditerranéenne. Rome,
Italie, 19-23 juillet 1999. FAO Fisheries
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No. 606. Rome, FAO. 1999. 208p.
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