Popular links
These links are listed to give users rapid access to the diversity of web-based information available on Asia-Pacific fisheries. Fisheries professionals need to be aware of the differing points of views that concern fisheries and fisheries resources. APFIC does not take responsibility for the content of these external sites and the opinions contained therein.
Aquaculture (15)
Aquaculture feeds, Aquaculture portals, Seaweed, Shrimp culture		 Capacity reduction, IUU (6)
Capture Fisheries (4)
Small-scale coastal fisheries		 Certification (14)
Organic standards
Disasters & emergencies (46)
Indian Ocean tsunami, Information & coordination sites		 Donors & Banks (6)
Ecosystem Approach (6)
Blue Economy		 Environment & conservation (17)
Coral reefs, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Monitoring environmental health, Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Fisheries international instruments & legislation (17)
CITES, Convention on Biodiversity, FAO Port State Measures Agreement, Reform of RFMO's & RFB's, UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)		 Fishery Assessments (2)
Food Safety (5)
 Inland fisheries (4)
Introduction & movement of aquatic species (5)
 Livelihoods (7)
National fishery & Aquaculture Authorities (2)
 Not for profit & NGO in fisheries (11)
On-line information (10)
FAO resources & databases, Free on-line journals/literature		 Safety at Sea, labour conditions (3)
Statistical information (3)
 Trade in fishery & aquaculture products (5)
Training & capacity building (1)


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Category: Capacity reduction, IUU
VisitTokyo MOU Last Update: 2013/4/30 16:34
Description:
The Tokyo MOU is an inter-governmental co-operative organization on port State control (PSC) in the Asia-Pacific region.

Its vision is to eliminate substandard shipping in the Asia-Pacific region.

Its mission is to promote the effective implementation, and the universal and uniform application, of relevant IMO/ILO instruments on ships operating in the region.

The Tokyo MOU consists of:
18 member Authorities: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Fiji, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu and Viet Nam;

2 co-operating member Authorities: the Marshall Islands and Peru;

4 observer Authorities: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Macao (China), Solomon Islands and United States Coast Guard; and

6 observer organizations: the International Maritime Organiza­tion (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Paris MOU, the Viña del Mar Agreement, the Indian Ocean MOU and the Black Sea MOU.
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Category: Environment & conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
VisitICSF - Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area (MPAs) Popular Last Update: 2013/1/19 8:10
Description:
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has developed a website area devoted to the Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area (MPAs)with specific relation to fishing communities.

alongside legal reviews and other resources there are studies facilitated by ICSF in India, Indonesia South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Tanzania, drawing on on-the-ground experiences of fishing communities.
Case studies on the effects of MPA's on communities and fisherfolk
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Category: Fisheries international instruments & legislation FAO Port State Measures Agreement
VisitStatus of accessions to FAO Port State Measures Agremeent Last Update: 2012/11/5 11:43
Description:
This is the table of the status of Ratification and Accession to the Agreement on Port State Measures to
Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.
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Category: Fisheries international instruments & legislation FAO Port State Measures Agreement
VisitText of the FAO Port State Measures Agreement Last Update: 2012/11/5 11:43
Description:
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (2009)

Status: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/legal/docs/1_037s-e.pdf
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Category: Fisheries international instruments & legislation
VisitFAO Compliance Agreement (1993) Last Update: 2012/11/5 11:43
Description:
Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (1993).

Text: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/legal/docs/012t-e.pdf
Status: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/legal/docs/1_012s-e.pdf
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