Proceedings of the National Meeting on Applying the Precautionary Approach in Fisheries Management
Management Framework, Precautionary Approach, Reference PointsAbstract A joint Fisheries Management and Science workshop was convened in Ottawa on February 10-12, 2004 to further progress on implementing the Precautionary Approach. Fisheries managers met to construct a conceptual management framework and…
Precautionary approach to capture fisheries and species introduction
Fishery Management Guidelines, Fishery Technology, Precautionary ApproachAbstract Starting from Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration (UNCED, 1992), the document proposes a definition of the precautionary approach to fisheries as well as an elaboration on the burden of proof. It also contains detailed guidelines on…