Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 3
FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling in
Wild-Capture Fisheries
Rolf Willmann, Kevern Cochrane and William Emerson
3.1
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO) and capture fisheries
The mission of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO is to facilitate and
secure the long-term sustainable development and utilisation of the world's fisheries
and aquaculture. As a UN organisation, FAO is acutely aware of the fundamental
social and economic role played by the fisheries sector in:
meeting global and national sustainable food security;
providing self- and paid employment for fishing communities as a means of
alleviating poverty in fishing communities and stemming rural/urban drift;
contributing to national and international trade; and
generating national income.
Underpinning these basic social and economic objectives is the requirement for
fisheries and aquaculture to be responsibly managed. This implies preventing over-
fishing, coordination, and delivery of effective research and extension, and the
empowerment of people, especially women, in tasks for which many FAO mem-
bers are not fully prepared. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department therefore
provides, on the request of members, technical assistance in all aspects of fisheries
and aquaculture management and development.
The department promotes policies and strategies aiming at sustainable and re-
sponsible development of fisheries inland and in the oceans. For this purpose, the
department provides discussion fora, information, legal and policy frameworks,
codes and guidelines, options for strategies, scientific advice, training material, etc.
For this purpose, FAO:
The views expressed in this chapter are those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the
views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), nor any of its members.
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