Report of the Thirty-third Session of the Committee on Fisheries


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The Thirty-third Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 July 2018. This is a report of the Session reflecting the discussions which took place and containing all recommendations and decisions taken by the Committee. A synopsis of the outcome of the Session is presented in the abstract and all supplementary information is included in the appendixes.




Report of the Twenty-fourth Session of the Committee on Fisheries


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The Committee agreed to establish a Sub-Committee on Aquaculture and adopted the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IPOA-IUU) Fishing. It agreed that future reporting on the implementation of the Code of Conduct and related IPOAs should be based on in-depth analysis of problems associated with their efficient implementation, using case studies.







Committee on Fisheries Report of the Sixth Session of the Subcommittee on Fish Trade


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The sixth session of the Subcommittee on Fish Trade was held in Bremen, Germany, from June 3-6, 1998. The subcommittee took note of recent events concerning international trade in fishery products and considered specific issues of international trade, environment and sustainable fisheries development: exploitation of fishery resources; fisheries management and subsidies; sustainable shrimp aquaculture; biotechnology developments; and trade in fisheries services.--Publisher's description.




Report of the Second Session of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research


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The Committee examined its work since the First Session, undertook an appraisal of FAO's fisheries research-related programmes and elaborated the Committee's work for the intersessional period (1999-2000).







Report of the Fourth Session of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research, Rome, 10-13 December 2002


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The Committee's report welcomes the attention given by the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 to fisheries issues and provides guidance on the responsible fisheries management goals. It recommends the establishment of a working party on small-scale marine fisheries to develop a draft research agenda and evaluate its role and significance, and identifies human capacity building as a key cross-cutting issue.




Fisheries Review


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Report of the Twenty-seventh Session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 5-9 March 2007


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The Committee expressed concern about the level of fishing capacity which was higher than prior to the 2004 tsunami in some of the areas affected by the disaster and recognized that it called for the design and implementation of sustainable and effective fisheries management arrangements that included a gradually phasing out fishing overcapacity, monitoring, access and livelihood considerations. The Committee reaffirmed its trust in FAO to play a coordinating role in advancing the global aquaculture agenda and highlighted the importance of addressing socio-economic impacts of aquaculture and other issues, such as improving planning and policy development at national and regional levels. The Committee agreed to give greater attention to small-scale fisheries and welcomed the convening of a broad-based international conference focusing specifically on small-scale fisheries.