Report of FAO/SPC Regional Aquaculture Scoping Workshop: Development of a Pacific Aquaculture Regional Cooperative Programme.Nadi, Fiji.
The FAO/SPC Regional Scoping Workshop: Development of a Pacific Aquaculture Regional Cooperative Programme held from 11 to 14 October 2011 in Nadi, Fiji was convened to engage high level discussions between national governments and international development partner organizations on the need to provide more attention to aquaculture development to small island developing states including the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). Fifty five experts representing 17 PICTs, representati ves from the private sector, eight international and regional institutions, and SPC and FAO staff participated in this regional scoping workshop whose overall objective was to assess the needs and map out a coordinating strategy and actions for the development of aquaculture in the Pacific region. To this end, a Pacific Regional Aquaculture Strategy was drafted with a vision of a sustainable aquaculture sector that meets food security and livelihood requirements based on economically viable ente rprises supported by enabling governance arrangements. The overall outcomes of the strategy are envisioned to include: (1) successful, competitive and biosecure aquaculture enterprises, using and adapting proven technologies to meet local requirements (technical, social and environmental); (2) recognition of the actual and potential contributions of the aquaculture sector towards regional livelihoods and food security (in response to the pressures of population growth, depleted/overfished insh ore fisheries resources and climate change); and (3) framework for aquaculture development that builds cooperation among PICT government aquaculture institutions, national, regional and international agencies, farmer groups/associations, and other stakeholders. To meet these objectives, the strategy proposes six broad programme elements including biosecurity, capacity building, feasibility assessment, statistics and data, markets and trade and technology transfer and improvement.
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i3060e http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3060e.pdf |
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