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Safety at sea for small scale fishers.
(Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome,Italy, 2019)
This manual on safety at sea for small-scale fishers aims to contribute to a culture of safety awareness among fisherfolk, reduce the number of accidents and increase the chances of survival if accidents occur. The manual ...
Fisheries learning exchanges: a short guide to best practice.
(Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, 2018)
This handbook provides guidance on developing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining
fisheries learning exchanges (FLEs). A collaboration between FAO, the NGO Blue Ventures and
the research initiative FLExCELL, it draws ...
Guidelines and Criteria on Technical and Environmental Aspects of Cage Aquaculture Site Selection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 2017)
Aquaculture and more specifically marine aquaculture is a growing industry that currently supplies
approximately 50 percent of the world’s global fish market. This will certainly continue with an anticipated
global ...
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 2011)
In recent years, world fisheries have become a market-driven, dynamically developing
sector of the food industry and coastal States have striven to take advantage of their new
opportunities by investing in modern fishing ...
Current Status and Options for Biotechnologies in Aquaculture and Fisheries in Developing Countries.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 2011)
The rapid growth of aquaculture has significantly benefited from both conventional
technologies and biotechnologies and it is expected that advanced biotechnologies will
further help the sector in meeting the global ...
Legal aspects of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Maritime Organization, Rome, Italy, 2022)
The growing quantity of plastic waste in the marine environment, including
abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), is a global
problem. A particular feature of ALDFG is the potential for some gears ...
A practical guide on safe hookah diving – Diving for sea cucumbers and other marine organisms.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 2023)
The gathering of commercial benthic organisms from the seabed by underwater
fishers is a growing activity in many regions in Africa, Asia, Pacific, Latin
America and the Caribbean. Sea cucumbers are particularly targeted, ...
Fishing operations. 3. Best practices to improve safety at sea in the fisheries sector.
(Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, 2015)
Article 6, paragraph 6.17, of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
recognizes that “States should ensure that fishing facilities and equipment,
as well as all fishing activities, allow for safe, healthy and fair ...
Good practices at FAO: Experience capitalization for continuous learning.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy, 2013)
For an organization to progress and adapt to change,
it must become a learning organization which draws
lessons from its experiences in order to identify and
understand good practices. These good practices will
improve ...
Report on good practices to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from fishing activities.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations & International Maritime Organization, Rome, Italy & London, UK, 2022)
This report provides an overview of the status of fishing-related marine
plastic litter, focusing specifically on abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded
fishing gear (ALDFG or “ghost gear”) and evaluating its impact and ...