Eco-labelling and Sustainable Fisheries
INTRODUCTION
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There is broad consensus in the international community that many of the world’s commercial fisheries are in distress.
Eco-labelling schemes are increasingly perceived as a way simultaneously to maintain the productivity and
economic value of fisheries while providing incentives for improved fisheries management and the conservation
of marine biodiversity. In the fisheries sector, a number of recent eco-labelling initiatives have been designed to complement
and support efforts to implement sustainable fisheries management systems. These schemes have met with varying
degrees of acceptance.
Deere, Carolyn L. 1999 Available in: English, French or Spanish
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