Download or read book Overcoming Factors of Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international workshop was organized in order to identify factors of unsustainability and over exploitation in fisheries and review major issues in the implementation of international fisheries instruments. The Workshop was based on a review of discussion papers that took into account the outcomes of the previous workshops on these issues. It addressed the following thematic issues: governance and fisheries management; causes or solutions for unsustainability; access and fishing rights; fishery management and sustainability dimensions; and small scale issues and developing country perspective. This document contains the report of the Workshop and eighteen discussion papers submitted by participants.