Report of the Expert Consultation on Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fish Trade : Silver Spring, United States of America, 22-26 January 2007

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FAOFisheriesReportNo.835 FIIU/R835(En)
ISSN0429-9337
Reportofthe
EXPERTCONSULTATIONONTECHNICALGUIDELINESFOR
RESPONSIBLEFISHTRADE
SilverSpring,UnitedStatesofAmerica,22-26January2007
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FAOFisheriesReportNo.835 FIIU/R835(En)
Reportofthe
EXPERTCONSULTATIONON
TECHNICALGUIDELINESFORRESPONSIBLEFISHTRADE
SilverSpring,UnitedStatesofAmerica,22-26January2007
FOODANDAGRICULTUREORGANIZATIONOFTHEUNITEDNATIONS
Rome,2007
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PREPARATIONOFTHISDOCUMENT
ThisisthereportoftheExpertConsultationonTechnicalGuidelinesforResponsibleFishTrade
adoptedon26January2007inSilverSpring,UnitedStatesofAmerica.
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ABSTRACT
ThetenthsessionoftheFAOCommitteeonFisheriesSub-CommitteeonFishTrade(COFI:FT),which
metfrom30Mayto2June2006,recommendedthataTechnicalConsultationbeorganizedtoreviewthe
draftTechnicalGuidelinesforResponsibleFishTradetakingintoaccountallrelevantaspectsof
internationaltradeinfishproducts.COFItFTnotedthattheguidelinesshouldfurtherreflectthecurrent
environmentofinternationaltradeinfishproductsandthedynamicnatureoftrade,requiringanapproach
whichisforwardlookingandpro-active.Sustainabilityoffisheries,illegal,unreportedandunregulated
fishing(IUU),andpost-harvestpracticeswerealsoimportantfactorstobeconsidered.
ThepurposeofthisExpertConsultationwastorevisetheseguidelinestakingintoaccountthecomments
madebyCOFEFT.TheExpertConsultationagreedthattheguidelinesshouldprovidepracticaladviceto
membersonallmattersrelevanttosustainablefisheriesandresponsibletradeinfishandfishproducts.It
wasalsorecommendedthatrelevantarticlesintheCodeofConductforResponsibleFisheriesbe
revisitedtoreflectdevelopmentsintheregulatoryframeworkgoverningtradeinfishandfishproducts
thatoccurredsincetheCodeofConductforResponsibleFisherieswasenacted.
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CONTENTS
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OPENINGOKTHEMEETINGANT)ARRANGEMENTSFORTHF.SESSION 1
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RECOMMENDATIONS 2
ADOPTIONOFTHFREPORT 2
APPENDIXES
A Agenda 3
B Listofparticipants 4
C l.islofdocuments 5
D OInpdeunsitnrygDsitvaitseimoenn.tFbAyQMrFiGsrheirmiuersaVnalddAiqmuaarcsuslotnu,rDeirDeecptaorr.tmFeinsthProductsand 7
E DraftTechnicalGuidelinesforResponsibleFishTrade 8
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OPENINGOFTHEMEETINGANDARRANGEMENTSFORTHESESSION
1. TheExpertConsultationonTechnicalguidelinesforresponsiblefishtradewasheldinSilver
Spring,UnitedStatesofAmerica,from22to26January2007.
2. ThelistofexpertsandotherparticipantsinthemeetingisshowninAppendixB.Thedocuments
whichwerebeforetheExpertConsultationarelistedinAppendixC.
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NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA)FisheriesService.
ELECTIONOFTHECHAIRPERSON
4. MrGregSchneiderwaselectedChairpersonoftheExpertConsultation.
ADOPTIONOFTHEAGENDA
5. TheagendashowninAppendixAwasadoptedbytheExpertConsultation.
OBJECTIVESOFTHEEXPERTCONSULTATION
6. TheChairpersonoutlinedtheobjectivesoftheExpertConsultationasemphasizedbytheSub-
CommitteeonFishTradeinitstenthsessioninSantiagodeCompostelain2006.
REVIEWOFRECENTDEVELOPMENTSANDBACKGROUNDINFORMATION
7. TheSecretariatprovidedinformationonrecentdevelopmentsinfishtradeandbackground
informationtotheprocessbehindthedevelopmentofthedrafttechnicalguidelines.
8. Themeetingtooknoteofrecentdevelopmentsandtrendsininternationaltradeoffishandfishery
products,includingdevelopmentsintherelevantregulatoryframework,inparticularthoseoftheWorld
TradeOrganization(WTO),aswellasotherrelevantframeworksforenvironmentalprotectionandthe
sustainableuseoffisheryresourcesandrecommendedthattheybenotedintheintroductionofthe
Guidelines.
REVIEW'OFTHETECHNICALGUIDELINESFORRESPONSIBLEFISHTRADE
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10. TheExpertConsultationreviewedtheguidelinestakingnoteoftheobjectivesforthe
ConsultationandtheevolvementofthetradeenvironmentsubsequenttotheenactmentoftheCodeof
ConductforResponsibleFisheries(theCode).Inparticular,themeetingagreedthatinordertoreflectthe
dynamicnatureoftrade,theguidelinesshouldbeforward-lookingand,whereappropriate,pro-active,
providingpracticaladvisetomembersonallmattersrelevanttosustainablefisheriesandresponsible
tradeoffishandfishproducts.
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toreflectthesedevelopmentsinthedraftguidelines.
12. ThedraftguidelinesagreedbytheExpertConsultationarcshowninAppendixE.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
13. ThemeetingtooknoteoftherequestmadebythetenthsessionoftheSub-CommitteeonFish
TradeheldinSantiagodeCompostelainJune2006tocallforaTechnicalConsultationonthese
guidelines.
14. TheExpertConsultationalsorecommendedthatinviewofthedynamicnatureoffishtradewith
numerousimportantdevelopmentsintradeandintheregulatoryframeworksubsequenttotheenactment
oftheCode,therelevantarticlesfortradeintheCodeshouldalsoatsomefuturestageberevisitedto
betterreflectthesedevelopmentsandchanges.
15. TheExpertConsultationsuggestedthataTechnicalConsultationmaywishtoconsider
regroupingtheguidelinesthematicallyratherthandirectlylinkingtheguidancetoeacharticleofthe
Code.
ADOPTIONOFTHEREPORT
16. ThereportoftheExpertConsultationwasadoptedon26January2007.
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