DPS, Department of Parliamentary Services General law for the sustainability of small-scale, artisanal fisheries in the context of food security, poverty eradication and shared governance. Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS), Costa Rica.
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According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) about 50% of the world's fish capture comes from small-scale fisheries. The meaning of this fishing sector is also a fact for Costa Rica, since demographic researches show that 60% of the coastline population benefit directly from the marine-coastal resources , being that a high percentage of them are artisanal fishers. This benefit received by the inhabitants of the coastal areas of our country transcends the financial means. It implies better life conditions, food security and an identity. Cultural and social aspects of these communities are also linked to the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources and to the historical relationship which produces knowledge and human welfare. Therefore, once the FAO approved in 2014 the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication as a complement to it´s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of 1995, Costa Rica began internal procedures to guarantee the application of these guidelines. Among these procedures the elaboration of the public policy National Fishing and Aquaculture Plan and the National Development Plan 2015-2018 stands out. It contains the measures needed to encourage the small-scale, artisanal fisheries' sustainability and to implement the human rights of the persons from this fisheries sector.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Sustainability, Small-scale Fisheries, FAO, VGSSF, Artisanal Fisheries, Food Security, Poverty, Governance, Marine Resources, Policy, Human Rights |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2022 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 10:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13626 |
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