Responsible fisheries and International trade- A prelude

The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) of the FAO underscores in Article 6.4 that “International trade in fish and fishery products should be conducted in accordance with the principles, rights and obligations established in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement and other relevant international agreements. States should ensure that their policies, programmes andpractices related to trade in fish and fishery products do not result in obstacles to this trade, environmental degradation or negative social, including nutritional, impacts.