Fisheries and aquaculture in the Laos, a legislative review

The report is about the legislative review on fisheries and aquaculture in Laos. The government of Laos has recognized the need for a national legal framework to be developed to enable the effective management of fisheries and aquaculture and requested the Department of Livestock and Fisheries to undertake this task. This review forms a background document to a legal review process for fisheries and aquaculture in Laos. The output of this process has been the development of a draft framework for fisheries and aquaculture for further development into national legislation.