Nakamura, Julia N. and Amador, Teresa (2023) Legal report on the ecosystem approach to fisheries in Namibia: An analysis of the ecosystem approach to fisheries in selected national policy and legal instruments of Namibia. FAO EAF-Nansen Programme Report No. 64 . Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-137670-6
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Legislating for the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) is complex, due to the holistic nature of the EAF involving multiple factors that underpin the social, economic, environmental, and institutional aspects of fisheries sustainability. These factors include ecosystems integration, risks, inter-sectoral 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 Namibia 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 Namibia's policies and legislation relevant to the fisheries and other relevant sectors of the country (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 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) officials in Namibia. The report was drafted in July 2021, and was submitted to the MFMR in October 2021 for revision. Based on the information provided by MFMR officials the report was revised and resubmitted in May and in October 2022. The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia endorsed this EAF Legal Report of Namibia in February 2023.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Namibia, 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 11:33 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2023 11:33 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19741 |
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