The Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries are of a voluntary nature. They are applicable to ecolabelling schemes that are designed to certify and promote labels for products from well-managed marine capture fisheries and focus on issues related to the sustainable use of fisheries resources. The guidelines refer to principles, general considerations, terms and definitions, minimum substantive requirements and criteria, and procedural and institutional aspects of ecolabelling of fish and fishery products from marine capture fisheries.
Includes bibliographic references and the complete full text in English, French, and Spanish, in the same volume. Also available at : http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/a0116t/a0116t00.htm. The document contains the text of the Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries which were adopted by the twenty-sixth session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), Rome 7-11 March, 2005, with the amendments adopted by the twenty-eighth session of COFI, Rome 2-6 March 2009.