Nakamura, Julia N. and Amador, Teresa and Ibrahim, Munshidha and Raufath Nizar, Hawwa and Haleem, Maleeha (2023) Legal report on the ecosystem approach to fisheries in Maldives: An analysis of the ecosystem approach to fisheries in selected national policy and legal instruments of Maldives. FAO EAF-Nansen Programme Report No. 63 . Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-137667-6
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Legislating for the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) is complex, due to the holistic nature of EAF involving multiple factors that underpin the social, economic, environmental, and institutional aspects of fisheries sustainability. These factors include ecosystems integration, risks, intersectoral collaboration, research, participatory processes, monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement, among others. To assess how the EAF is being implemented through national policy and legal frameworks, FAO developed a diagnostic tool for implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries through national policy and legal frameworks. The present legal report on the EAF used the diagnostic tool to assess the alignment of selected policy and legal instruments of Maldives with the EAF. This assessment analysed the extent to which 82 EAF legal requirements, which are considered the minimum standards in legislating for the EAF, are reflected in Maldives’ policies and legislation relevant to the fisheries sector of the country and other relevant sectors (such as environment, wildlife, ecosystems, and maritime affairs). Based on this preliminary diagnosis, gaps were identified in the assessed instruments, and recommendations were made for improving the implementation of the EAF. This report was elaborated following a participatory approach with the involvement of the national competent authorities of Maldives. Drafted in July 2021, the report was submitted to the national authorities of Maldives in October 2021. The Fisheries Management Section, under the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, endorsed this EAF Legal Report in January 2023.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Maldives, Ecosystem, Aquaculture, FAO, Fisheries, Methodology, Fisheries Policy, Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2023 11:36 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2023 11:36 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19742 |
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