'precautionary approach to fisheries management', as referred to in Article 6 of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, means an approach according to which the absence of adequate scientific information should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non-target species and their environment;
ciallaíonn 'cur chuige réamhchúraim i leith bainistiú iascaigh', dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 6 de Chomhaontú NA maidir le Stoic Éisc cur chuige lena n-áirítear nár cheart go mbeadh easpa faisnéise eolaíche leormhaithe ina bhonn cirt le bearta bainistíochta a chur siar chun spriocspeicis, speicis ghaolmhara nó spleácha agus speicis nach spriocspeicis iad agus a dtimpeallacht a chaomhnú nó gan na bearta sin a dhéanamh;