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Nature 457, 658-659 (5 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/457658a; Published online 4 February 2009
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Not honouring the code
Tony Pitcher1, Daniela Kalikoski2, Ganapathiraju Pramod1 & Katherine Short3
- Tony Pitcher and Ganapathiraju Pramod are at the Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Email: pitcher.t@gmail.com - Daniela Kalikoski is at the Federal University of Rio Grande, Caixa Postal 474, Rio Grande RS, Brazil.
- Katherine Short is at WWF International, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland.
Abstract
Countries are not complying with the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. It's time some changes were made, say Tony Pitcher, Daniela Kalikoski, Ganapathiraju Pramod and Katherine Short.
A widely agreed remedy for overfishing, which has dramatically depleted fish populations in the world's oceans, would be to adopt the voluntary Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 19951.The code provides a detailed consensus for the scientific, sustainable, responsible and equitable exploitation of fishery resources.
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