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Proceedings of the International Cyanide Detection Testing Workshop

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Acronyms<br />

• CDT • <strong>Cyanide</strong> <strong>Detection</strong> Test<br />

• DAREP • Department <strong>of</strong> Aquatic Resources Exploitation and Protection<br />

• DOFI • Department <strong>of</strong> Fisheries (Provincial Level)<br />

• GoV • Government <strong>of</strong> Vietnam<br />

• IMER • Institute <strong>of</strong> Marine Environment and Resources<br />

• MAF • Marine Aquarium Fishery<br />

• MARD • Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Rural Development<br />

• MCD • Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development<br />

• MOFI • Ministry <strong>of</strong> Fisheries (merged into MARD in 2007)<br />

• MPA • Marine Protected Area<br />

• NADAREP • National Directorate <strong>of</strong> Aquatic Resources Exploitation and Protection<br />

• PPC<br />

• Provincial People’s Committee<br />

• RIMF • Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Marine Fisheries<br />

• VIFEP • Vietnam Institute <strong>of</strong> Fisheries and Economic Policy<br />

• WRI • World Resources Institute<br />

Appendix 1: Key international agreements relating to destructive fi shing in Vietnam<br />

Agreement/Convention Detail<br />

United Nations Convention on <strong>the</strong><br />

Law <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sea (UNCLOS) (1982)<br />

Convention on Biological Diversity<br />

(CBD)<br />

FAO Code <strong>of</strong> Conduct for<br />

Responsible Fisheries (1995)<br />

Basel convention<br />

APEC Fisheries Working Group<br />

World Summit on Sustainable<br />

Development (2002)<br />

Putrajaya Declaration <strong>of</strong> Regional<br />

Cooperation for <strong>the</strong> Sustainable<br />

Development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seas <strong>of</strong> East<br />

Asia<br />

Articles 61 through 64 ,116-119 and 123 – promoting<br />

responsible fi shing practices<br />

Contains articles concerning conservation and sustainable<br />

use <strong>of</strong> biodiversity components as well as <strong>the</strong> equitable<br />

sharing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> benefi ts and relevant technologies application.<br />

Date<br />

joined<br />

1994<br />

1994<br />

Contains a commitment to end destructive fi shing practices 1995<br />

Control <strong>of</strong> transboundary movements <strong>of</strong> hazardous wastes<br />

and <strong>the</strong>ir disposal <strong>Cyanide</strong> can be consider a hazardous waste<br />

from industrial production<br />

Endorsed a resolution urging “all members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

international community to cease <strong>the</strong> practise <strong>of</strong> cyanide<br />

fi shing”<br />

Contains a commitment to phasing out destructive fi shing<br />

practices in <strong>the</strong> marine environment by <strong>the</strong> year 2012 in<br />

accordance with chapter 17 <strong>of</strong> Agenda 21<br />

Signed among 12 littoral states, recognizing <strong>the</strong> importance<br />

<strong>of</strong> sustainable development and management <strong>of</strong> coastal<br />

and marine resources within <strong>the</strong> region, and committing<br />

individual and collective efforts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> countries to <strong>the</strong><br />

implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sustainable Development Strategy<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seas <strong>of</strong> East Asia (SDS-SEA). It includes developing<br />

measures against destructive fi shing practises Objective 3<br />

s.3(b). www.pemsea.org/pdf-documents/sds-sea/SDSSEA-<br />

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1995<br />

1997<br />

2002<br />

2003

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