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The exclusion of social and economic or health and safety aspects from the scope
of the guidelines is notable. This is in keeping with the views expressed by most
governments at the 1998 FAO Technical Consultation. It would have been very
unlikely, if at all possible, that international consensus among governments could
have been reached on standards relating to social and economic factors.
As a significant portion of production from inland waters is derived from culture-
based and enhanced fisheries (see 'Terms and Definitions' below for definitions of
these terms), the inland fisheries expert consultation included these fisheries within
the definition of inland capture fisheries. They noted that ecolabelling of these
fisheries would help protect aquatic biodiversity and promote market access to
inland capture fishery products (FAO 2006).
3.3.2 Principles
The full set of principles elaborated by the 1998 Technical Consultation was
maintained with some amendments and reordering. Three principles were added,
and references to the Convention on Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention
on Wetlands were added for the inland fisheries guidelines. In the draft inland
fisheries ecolabelling guidelines, Principle 2.1 has been divided into two parts as
follows:
2.1a.
Be consistent with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries,
the Convention on Biodiversity, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and
the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and other relevant international
instruments.
2.1b.
Take into account the provisions of relevance for the management of inland
capture fisheries contained in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea and the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions
of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks.
The text of the principles reads:
2.
The following principles should apply to ecolabelling schemes for marine [in-
land] capture fisheries:
2.1
Be consistent with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea and the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December
1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, the FAO Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries and the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules
and other relevant international instruments.
2.2
Recognize the sovereign rights of States and comply with all relevant
laws and regulations.
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