Sustainable Fisheries - Pakistan Water Gateway

PREFACE
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This monograph is one of the 29 sectoral and programme papers produced to support the
preparation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy. The NCS is a comprehensive
review of the state of the country's environment, and of government and corporate policies,
the voluntary sector, community and individual practices, which support or hinder sustainable
development. The objective of the NCS is to identify strategic initiatives to conserve the country's
natural resources which are the base for lasting improvements in the quality of life.
Environmental impacts do not respect sectoral or administrative boundaries. Yet, conventional
development planning is frequently focused on narrow performance criteria and associated financial
requirements, ignoring huge costs on downstream ecosystems and economic activities dependent
on them. These costs cannot be avoided and must be paid by society; the only questions are
when and by which group.
To facilitate an understanding of such 'externalities', one of the first steps of the National Conservation
Strategy was to undertake assessments of cross-sectoral impacts from the point of view of
each major activity sector. In order to facilitate comparison, the reports were prepared according
to common terms of reference. Subsequently, major programme areas that must be given priority
in the transition to a sustainable society were identified. The list of economic, environment and
programme areas is given overleaf.
A paper on each sector was produced by a well recognized expert supported by peer reviewers
in related specialities. The key insights have been incorporated into the Strategy. Since the papers
are the reference base of the strategy and contain special interest material, a decision was taken to
publish them serially in the form of monographs. It is hoped they will be found useful by
researchers of sustainable development in various facets of national life as well as by the interested
lay reader.
The sectors are:
1. Economic sectors:
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Agriculture, forestry, livestock, fisheries.
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