2. Sustainable Development
“development which meets the needs of the
present generation without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own
needs”
A pattern of resource use that aims to meet
human needs while preserving the
environment so that these needs can be met
not only by the present, but also for generation
to come .
3. FAO Definition
The management and conservation of natural
resource base, and the orientation of technical
and institutional change in such a manner as
to ensure the attainment and continued
satisfaction of human needs for present and
future generations
4. objectives
ensuring food security
creating competitive and profitable fisheries
harvesting and processing activities;
ensuring the long-term viability of the resource
catering for the well-being of a fishery
workforce within a wider community and
broader economic context
maintaining the health and integrity of marine
ecosystems
8. Economic Issues
Stagnation in Production
Over Capitalisation
Uneconomic Operations
Unstable Global Market
9. Social and Institutional Issues
Poor Housing, Health and Sanitation
Illiteracy
Poverty and Indebtedness
Intra Use and Inter Use Conflicts
10. Technological Issues
Adoption of New Technologies
Trawling and Purse Seining
Environmental Degradation, Biodiversity
Loss and Intra Use Conflicts
Other Versions
Occupational Hazards
Occupation of Last Resort
Reluctance by Younger Generation
Dirty Industry
11. Solutions
Increased awareness of factors beyond the
conventional realm of fisheries management;
Better integration of fisheries management into
coastal area management;
Control of land-based activities that degrade the
marine environment;
Stronger control of access to co-resources;
12. Stronger institutions and legal frameworks;
Greater participation by all stakeholders in the
fisheries management process;
Improved collection and sharing of information
about fisheries and their environment;
Improved understanding of the socio-economic
characteristics of fisheries;
13. Stronger systems of monitoring control and
enforcement;
Measures to deal with uncertainty and
variability in natural resource and ecosystem
dynamics; and
Strengthening community commitment to
responsible use of natural resources.
14. Code of Conduct For Responsible
Fisheries
UNCLOS (The United Nations Convention on
the Law Of Sea) 1982
Committee On Fisheries (COFI) 1991
Adoption by FAO 1995
The First International Instrument
Global in Scope
15. Principles and Standards applicable to
Conservation, Management and
Development of all Fisheries
Objective of the Code is to promote the
rational and sustainable exploitation of world
fisheries resources through responsible
fisheries management and conservation