Fisheries Management, and Phase IV: Fisheries Post-Harvest Practices and Trade which focuses on the formulation and dissemination of regional guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the CCRF at national level by the Member States. Accordingly, regional guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the CCRF will be compiled and distributed to all countries in the region. Preparation of the Regional Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries in Southeast Asia: Postharvest Practices and Trade.
Since 2000, the respective departments of SEAFDEC have prepared the Regional Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries in Southeast Asia Phase I, II and III as guidance for Member States based on the specific article of the CCRF. It is envisaged that the regional guidelines, as a result of consultations, will provide a basis to facilitate the implementation of the CCRF at the national level in the Southeast Asian region. The Regional Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries in Southeast Asia – Responsible Practices and Post-Harvest Trade will be used as a reference to identify directions and priority actions for the implementation of Article 11 of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in ASEAN Member States.
Area of Coverage
Safe and wholesome measures
States should take appropriate measures to ensure consumers' right to safe, healthy and wholesome fish and fishery products. States should provide adequate technical and other assistance to various types, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to ensure effective. States should develop appropriate national guidelines to assist industries with different scopes and business objectives for.
States should establish/revise their food inspection and safety assurance system, ensuring that conflicting and/or overlapping roles of different authorities are minimized. States should emphasize improving fish safety and quality through better handling and conservation on board and ashore. States should provide technical assistance/cooperation and infrastructure development to support national industries in adhering to appropriate food safety and quality assurance systems.
ADD. 1 Quality and safety management
ADD. 1 Participation and involvement in
This includes ensuring coordinated legal and regulatory requirements for fish and fishery products, as well as fish inspection and quality control units. States should also ensure that legislation exists or is developed or improved relating to the quality, safety and control of fish and fishery products, and that the application of legislation is harmonized between control authorities. FAO CCRF - Post-harvest Practices and Trade: Responsible International Trade, Sub-Article 11.2.4 (Non-distinctive measures of SPS and TBT).
FAO CCRF - Post-Harvest Practices and Trade: Responsible International Trade Sub-article 11.2.6 (Barriers to trade). Encourage relevant control bodies to. coordinate their activities at all levels by applying appropriate legislation regarding the quality and safety of fish and fishery products. Millennium Action Plan, section 3 of Sustainable utilization of fish and fishery products) Interconnection:. policy, product standards, inspection and quality control systems.
Strengthen ASEAN trade policy on fish and fishery products through regional cooperation by harmonizing product standards and sanitary measures with international standards where appropriate, work on harmonized guidelines for fish inspection and quality control systems among ASEAN member states, strengthening fish inspection and quality control systems in relation to to food safety and. exchange information on risk analysis. The policies should be consensus-based, transparent and address contemporary health and trade issues for fish and fishery products. States should play a key role in facilitating the provision of the legal and fiscal frameworks and mechanisms necessary for the implementation of the policies as well as establishing an enabling environment to meet the needs and concerns of all, from fishermen to consumers.
States should have a policy to upgrade the capacity and capability of the small fish processing industry. States should consider promoting the development of the post-harvest sector and recognize the needs of the entire industry in terms of allocations of funds when formulating research and development policies taking into account the socio-economic aspects of the stakeholders. States should promote the development of the traditional fish processing industry and upgrade the industry's products to meet the quality and safety requirements of the market.
FAO CCRF - Post-harvest practices and trade: Responsible International Trade Subsection 11.2.2 (Sustainable fisheries and responsible fish exploitation).
ADD. 1 Regional Guidelines
FAO CCRF - Fisheries Research Sub-Article 12.7 (Optimized use of fisheries resources and to support national policies related to fish for food).
ADD. 1 Post-harvest technology
States, noting the existence of different production methods, should, through cooperation and facilitating the development and transfer of appropriate technologies, ensure that the methods of processing, transport and storage are. States should draft appropriate guidelines and legislation for site selection and location of fish processing facilities/factories. States should create environmental protection legislation to ensure that water is treated before it is discharged from fish processing plants.
States should encourage the use of trimmings, by-products and waste from the fish processing industry. States should encourage alternative environmentally friendly ways of fish conservation, and the development and transfer of appropriate technologies, taking into account social and economic factors. States must ensure that cold storage and freezing facilities do not use ozone-depleting refrigerants such as CFCs and HCFCs.
States should also assist industry in taking responsibility for the safe disposal of the substances involved. States should promote and encourage cleaner technology in the promotion of post-harvest technology in the fisheries sector. FAO CCRF - Postharvest Practices and Trade: Responsible International Trade Sub-Article 11.2.15 (Promotion of international fish.
States should encourage those involved in fish
ADD. 1 Optimizing utilization of catch
States should promote greater consumption of underutilized fish through public education on the beneficial effects of these fish on human health and how to prepare them.
Value-added products States should cooperate in order
Conservation and management practices,
FAO CCRF - Fisheries Research Sub-section 12.7 (Research on the optimization of fish and to support national policies related to fish as food). FAO CCRF - Post-harvest practices and trade: Responsible use of fish Sub-article 11.1.2 (Assurance and quality systems). FAO CCRF - Post-Harvest Practices and Trade: Responsible International Trade Sub-Article 11.2.9 (Trade in Endangered Species) 11.1.11 ADD.
FAO Draft international guidelines for the eco-labelling of fish and fishery products from marine fisheries.
ADD. 2 Environmental and biodiversity impact
Laws, regulations and policies
FAO CCRF - Post-Harvest Practices and Trade: Responsible Fish Utilization Sub-section 11.1.11 (Improving the identification of the origin of fish and fishery products).
RESPONSIBLE INTERNATIONAL TRADE Articles/Focused Issues Regional Guidelines
- WTO principles, rights and obligations
- Sustainable fisheries and responsible fish utilization
- ADD.1 Maximum utilization of catch
- Transparent and scientific-based measures
- Indiscriminatory measures (SPS and TBT)
- Trade liberalization, barriers and distortion
- Barriers to trade States should not directly or
- Access to markets, access to resources
- Access to markets States should not link access to
- ADD.1 Joint ASEAN approaches and positions on
- Trade rules and standards
- Participation in regional and multilateral fora
Promote the maximum utilization of catches, including the reduction of discards and post-harvest losses to increase fish stocks and improve economic returns (SEAFDEC Millennium Resolution, Paragraph 11 – Maximum utilization of catches). FAO CCRF - Post-harvest practices and trade Sub-section 11.2.14 (Participation in regional and multilateral fora). States should promote close consultation between national fisheries agencies and other trade-related agencies for the liberalization of trade in fish and fishery products.
Draft FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries on Responsible International Trade Point 37 (not yet finalized) 11.2.9 Trade at risk. Countries should actively participate in relevant meetings of international organizations such as CITES and FAO to ensure that the decisions taken reflect the interests of the region. FAO CCRF - Post-harvest practices and trade Sub-article 11.1.11 (Definition of origin of fish and fishery products marketed) 11.2.9 DOD.
States should formulate trade policies regarding the adverse environmental impact of the introduction of non-native species. States should cooperate to promote compliance with, and effective implementation of, relevant international standards for trade in fish and fishery products and living aquatic resource conservation. States must ensure the effective implementation of technical measures and standards relating to trade in fish and fishery products and conservation of living aquatic resources in order to ensure regional competitiveness and resources.
States should develop a national and regional framework and mechanism to involve national fisheries and trade agencies in the formulation of trade policy, including the establishment of trade rules and standards. States should involve fisheries agencies in international/regional forums and technical committees regarding trade in fish and fishery products, such as the WTO, as well as ASEAN regional forums, e.g. FAO Draft technical guidelines for responsible fishing on responsible international trade point 60 (not yet finalized) 11.2.15 Promotion of.
States must ensure that the promotion of international fish trade does not adversely affect environmental conservation, national food security and the livelihoods of stakeholders.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO FISH TRADE Articles/Focused Issues Regional Guidelines
Laws and regulations relating to fish trade .1 Transparency, simplicity
- ADD. 1 Greater Involvement by stakeholders
- Simplification
- Inter-state consultation When a State introduces changes
- Review of laws and regulations
- Harmonization of standards
- Statistical information on international fish trade
- ADD. 2 Use of National Fisheries Statistical Systems
- ADD. 3 Standardized definitions and classifications of
- Notification
Draft FAO Technical Guidelines on Fish Trade Laws and Regulations, paras 71, 73 (not yet finalised). FAO CCRF - Postharvest Practices and Trade: Responsible International Trade, Sub-Article 11.2.11 (Country Cooperation). Countries should harmonize as much as possible the standards applicable to international trade in fish and fishery products in accordance with relevant internationally recognized provisions.
FAO CCRF - Post-harvest practices and trade, sub-article 11.1.4 (Cooperation to achieve harmonization of national sanitary measures). FAO CCRF - Post-Harvest Practices and Trade Sub-Article 11.2.11 (Cooperation for effective implementation of international standards). States should strengthen and harmonize ASEAN statistical information on international trade through regional cooperation mechanisms.
FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries on Laws and Regulations Related to Fish Trade Points 90, 93, 94. 11 that require consideration in the regional context regarding responsible fish use, responsible international trade and laws and regulations relating to fish trade. To strengthen country implementation, it is necessary to encourage and make efforts to promote and facilitate actions to implement the Regional Guidelines for Postharvest Practices and Trade.
Dissemination and distribution of regional guidelines to policy makers and fisheries stakeholders in the country. Prepare additional guidelines to further clarify and define in more detail the issues and specific topics to be promoted in the regional guidelines. Dissemination and distribution of regional guidelines to policy makers and fisheries stakeholders in Southeast Asia;
The network as a means of communication between the Nuclear Experts, the SEAFDEC MFRD and the Secretariat to include the regional programs related to Post-Harvest Practices and Trade under ASEAN-SEAFDEC Fisheries Cooperative Group (FCG).
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, OBSERVERS AND EXPERTS INVOLVED IN THE CONSULTATION FOR THE
REGIONAL GUIDELINES
The original CCRF Article 11 Sub-
The Resolution and/or the Plan of Action
SUBJECT INDEX
