(ISO: Geneva) -- The sustainable development of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors will be facilitated by international standards to be produced by a new ISO technical committee that will hold its first meeting in October 2007, in Bergen, Norway.

• Promote the sustainable development of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors
• Develop specifications for technical equipment adapted to the local environment
• Improve surveillance and management of marine resources
• Enable international agreement on sampling methods,
• Improve the safety of employees
• Establish a common terminology

The scope of the new committee ranges from terminology to technical specifications for aquaculture farms and equipment, characterization and monitoring of aquaculture sites, environmental monitoring, resource monitoring, data reporting, traceability, and waste disposal.

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