OECD Review of Fisheries: Policies and Summary Statistics 2015
The OECD Review of Fisheries provides information on developments in policies and activities in the fishing and aquaculture sectors of OECD countries and participating economies, mainly for the period 2012-13. This year’s edition includes Argentina, the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Latvia.
Part I overviews the activities in the sector and includes a chapter containing two-page snapshots outlining country summary statistics and key developments in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Additional country-level data and detail on institutional and policy backgrounds, based on contributions by participating countries and economies, are provided in the electronic version of this report.
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Chile
The General Law of Fisheries and Aquaculture was reformed in 2013. Its main objective is the sustainability of the fisheries, with express reference to the ecosystem approach and the precautionary principle. The Law includes definitions of Biological Reference Points and Maximum Sustainable Yield, a decision making process based on scientific advice, a mandate to elaborate management plans for closed access fisheries and rebuilding plans for overexploited and depleted fisheries.
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