Discussion Panel A Fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development

Fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development

Some delegations pointed out that the sustainable development of fisheries was another aspect of the contribution of fisheries to sustainable development.

(a) Fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development

Fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development

Fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development

(c) Harvest fisheries on a sustainable yield basis

Sustainable fisheries management is essential for poverty reduction.

The aim of the Fisheries Training Programme was to assist developing countries in promoting sustainable development in their fisheries sectors.

(a) Recall its previous resolutions related to oceans and the law of the sea and sustainable fisheries

8. Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes

Among the topics discussed was the very pertinent issue of fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development.

Use sea fisheries fully, bringing annual harvesting up to the limit of sustainable yields

Use sea fisheries fully, bringing annual harvesting up to the limit of sustainable yields

13. Supports the efforts of Caribbean countries to implement sustainable fisheries management programmes by strengthening the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

The sustainable fisheries draft resolution stands as an undertaking by the international community to review the impact of fishing activity on marine bed ecosystems.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing continues to seriously undermine the contribution of responsible fisheries to sustainable development.

What actions can be taken to address the impediments to the sustainable development of fisheries?

New Zealand is pleased to once again co sponsor both the omnibus oceans draft resolution and the sustainable fisheries draft resolution.

Sustainable development of fisheries in line with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was mentioned as being one of the core elements of such rehabilitation.

The contribution of fisheries to sustainable development relies on the continuing health of functioning, productive ecosystems.

The need to increase developing States' capacity in the field of sustainable management of fisheries was recognized by a number of delegations, which underlined the need for subsistence assistance, capacity building and transfer of technology for developing countries, in particular small island developing States.

Responsible international commerce is, without doubt, crucial to ensuring that fishing contributes to sustainable development.

At the end of the panel discussions, some delegations expressed their disappointment that the discussions had focused primarily on constraints to the sustainable development of fisheries rather than on how fisheries could contribute to sustainable development.

IUU fishing is a fundamental threat to sustainable fisheries and ocean ecosystems.

For the past decade or so, China, as a responsible fishing State, has done a great deal to strengthen the conservation and management of fishery resources and has curbed its harvesting as much as possible in the interests of the sustainable development of global fisheries.

(a) Role of fisheries in sustainable development (for example, the contribution of fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security and to world trade) (see A 60 63, paras. 168 183)

Fishes!

We are pleased to support both draft resolutions and to be a sponsor of draft resolution A 60 L.23, on sustainable fisheries.

That work also reflects the central role played by the oceans and seas, including sustainable fisheries, in the future of our planet.

How can the availability of data and information that is fundamental to the effective conservation and sustainable management of fisheries resources be improved? Do current arrangements for the collection and sharing of data and information relating to fishing activities suffice?

Many delegations and representatives of international organizations and non governmental organizations underlined that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing constituted a major threat to the sustainable development of fisheries.

(d) Capacity building activities of international organizations promoting sustainable fisheries (see A 60 63, paras.

The report also states that for the fisheries sector to contribute to sustainable development, it has itself to be managed in a sustainable way .

The Declaration calls on States to take practical steps to end unsustainable fishing practices and reinforces the commitment of all nations to manage fisheries in a sustainable fashion.

Fisheries

Fishing?

What? Fish, of course!

The Chinese delegation believes that when considering fishery issues, the international community should aim at regulating conduct and achieving sustainable development.

The commitments manifested in the action oriented draft resolutions on sustainable fisheries and on the law of the sea, which Canada is pleased to co sponsor, come at a critical and complex time for fisheries and for the law of the sea.

The piscivorous fish, the cobia, grouper, amberjacks, those big fish, also the tuna and sharks, are going to hit by this.

The meeting was able to reach agreement on most of the elements relating to fisheries and their contribution to sustainable development presented in section 1 below.

The need for an integrated ecosystem based approach to fisheries and oceans governance, based on the best available science, is widely and increasingly considered the key to maintaining fishery productivity and its continuing contribution to sustainable development.

The Pirates of the Fisheries

FISHERY In the field of fishery, the percentage of women is even smaller than that of women employed in agriculture.