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Rome Declaration on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries |
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| Date of adoption |
11 March 1999 |
| Place of adoption |
Rome, Italy |
| Entry into force |
n/a |
| Authentic text(s) |
English |
The Rome Declaration on Responsible Fisheries was adopted
unanimously by the Ministerial Meeting on the Implementation of the Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, convened in Rome on 10 and 11 March 1999 and
attended by 126 members of FAO. The Meeting, as expressed in the Declaration highlighted
a number of key issues for the future of fisheries management, including, inter
alia: the development of more appropriate eco-system approaches to fisheries
development and management; the need to address trade and environment related to
fisheries and aquaculture; the need to address further articles of the Code of
Conduct such as post-harvest practices, the improvement of fishing operations,
responsible trade and the promotion of research.
The Members attending the meeting and which
approved the Declaration were: Albania,
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Republic of Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Community, Fiji,
Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Honduras, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Kenya, Republic of Korea, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,
Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, St Kitts and
Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tanzania,
Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of
America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zambia.
| Further
information and references |
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