\paragraph{Background}
    The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development was developed in Rio de Janeiro in June of 1992 as an expansion of the 1972 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.
    \paragraph{Goal}
    ...protect the integrity of the global environment...
    \paragraph{Important Principles}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item{Principle 4}
        ...achieve sustainable development...
            \begin{itemize}
                \item In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it.
            \end{itemize}
        \item{Principle 8}
        ...eliminate unsustainable patterns of production...
        \begin{itemize}
            \item
            To achieve sustainable development and a higher quality of life for all people, States should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and promote appropriate demographic policies.
        \end{itemize}
        \item{Principle 15}
        ...the precautionary approach shall be widely applied..
        \begin{itemize}
            \item
            In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach should be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
    \paragraph{Impact on Fisheries}
    The biggest impact was the application of the precautionary principle. However, the verbiage used, \textbf{should} rather than shall, limited its regulatory abilities.