Ecolabeling for fisheries.

As concern over the fate of wild marine fish stocks grows, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization took action in March 2005 by adopting a set of voluntary guidelines for the ecolabeling of fish products. These guidelines advise governments and organizations that oversee or plan to implement labels for fish and fishery products from well-managed marine capture fisheries. Included are minimum requirements and criteria for determining whether a fishery should be certified to use the ecolabel, based on the agency's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The guidelines, acknowledging the financial and technical challenges faced by developing nations in managing their fisheries, call for support in these areas to help these countries implement and benefit from the program.