Implementation of the international plan of action to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization.
Series: FAO technical guidelines for responsible fisheries -- 9.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization; FAO
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Rome; [Great Britain]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Fishery law and legislation.; Saltwater fishing -- International cooperation.
Description: This plan of action is consistent with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, as well as with the 1993 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and other applicable rules of international law. The guidelines are intended to provide general advice and a framework for development and implementation of national plans of action.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Also issued online.