This document contains the report of the Sixth Meeting of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Working Group on Fisheries Management (WGFM), which was held on Doha, the State of Qatar from 5 to 8 November 2012. The WGFM addressed and made decisions on matters concerning relevant follow-up to fifth meeting of the RECOFI WGFM and to the Sixth Session of RECOFI that was held in Rome, Italy, during the period from 10 to 12 May 2012. The status of the implementation of the fisheries management recommendation on minimum data reporting in recommendation RECOFI6/2011/1 that entered into...
This document contains the report of the Sixth Meeting of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Working Group on Fisheries Management (WGFM),...
This document contains the report of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance. The Consultation was held in three sessions at FAO Headquarters, Rome, from 2-6 May 2011, 5-9 March 2012 and 4-8 February 2013. The Consultation was convened by the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations upon the recommendation of twenty-eighth session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries. The Technical Consultation finalized the Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance. The consultation was funded by the Governments of Canada, New Zealand, Norway and United...
This document contains the report of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance. The Consultation was held in three sessions at FAO Headquar...
This report comprises the workshop proceedings and the strategy for regional cooperation that was developed by the participants; the latter was the principal output of the workshop. The major inputs to the discussions to craft the strategy were the country reports that described their priorities in five areas, namely research and technology development, manpower development, extension and information, management and policy; and their own assessment of their weaknesses and strengths in these areas. To start the program, the workshop recommended seven activities that need to be initiated as...
This report comprises the workshop proceedings and the strategy for regional cooperation that was developed by the participants; the latter was the pr...
This document contains the Report of the Workshop on Bycatch Management and Low Impact Fishing held in Kuwait City, Kuwait over 9-12 December 2012. The workshop was convened to to develop a road map on how bycatch can be more effectively managed and how to reduce impacts of fishing on the environment. The meeting reviewed the current knowledge on bycatch in the RECOFI / GCC region and considered priority follow up action. The Workshop adopted a draft concept document in the form of a Regional Action Plan for managing the environmental impacts of fishing in the RECOFI region. The...
This document contains the Report of the Workshop on Bycatch Management and Low Impact Fishing held in Kuwait City, Kuwait over 9-12 December 2...
The seventh session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) was held in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, from 14 to 16 May 2013. The Commission reviewed a range of regional issues and intersessional activities of importance to the conservation and management of fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
The seventh session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) was held in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, from 14 to 16 May 2013. The Commis...
This document contains the report of the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Working Group on Fisheries Management (WGFM), which was held in Kuwait City, the State of Kuwait, from 5 to 7 November 2013. The WGFM addressed and made decisions on matters concerning relevant follow-up to the sixth meeting of the RECOFI WGFM and to the Seventh Session of RECOFI that was held in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, during the period from 14 to 16 May 2013. Country reports on the status of national fisheries were presented and discussed. The WGFM formulated further...
This document contains the report of the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) Working Group on Fisheries Management (W...
This document contains the report of the session adopted by the Sub-Committee. They approved the draft terms of reference for an advisory working group on aquatic genetic resources and technologies and the draft evaluation framework assessing conformity of public and private certification schemes with the FAO technical guidelines on aquaculture certification.
This document contains the report of the session adopted by the Sub-Committee. They approved the draft terms of reference for an advisory working grou...
The FAO Expert Workshop on Assessment and Monitoring of Aquaculture Sector Performance was held in Gaeta, Italy, from 5 to 7 November 2012 to discuss the methodologies and techniques of, and share global, regional and national experiences in, assessing and monitoring the performance of aquaculture.
The FAO Expert Workshop on Assessment and Monitoring of Aquaculture Sector Performance was held in Gaeta, Italy, from 5 to 7 November 2012 to discuss ...