Agriculture: Effective management and incentives can rebuild fisheries sector, says OECD at EXPO 2012

Governments looking to boost their fisheries sector should review their policies to create incentives for economically and environmentally sustainable fisheries, according to a new OECD report. Rebuilding Fisheries: The Way Forward, provides fisheries policy makers with a set of practical and evidence-based principles and guidelines to consider when designing and implementing rebuilding plans that contribute to green growth and preserve the livelihoods that depend directly or indirectly on fisheries. Launched today by OECD Deputy Secretary-General Yves Leterme and head of OECD fisheries policy Carl-Christian Schmidt at OECD Day at EXPO 2012 in Yeosu, Korea, the report says that fisheries and aquaculture are essential to the global economy and food security. Fisheries products are the most traded food commodity in the world, providing over 1 billion people with their main source of protein while sustaining millions of jobs in the coastal communities of developed and developing countries. See full Press Release.