Committee on Fisheries
Thirty-sixth Session, 8-12 July 2024
Rome, Italy

This page gathers all the official documents discussed during the 33rd session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI33).

COFI33 Documents

Working Documents
COFI/2018/1 Provisional Agenda and Timetable
COFI/2018/2 State of world fisheries and aquaculture
COFI/2018/3 Progress in the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments
COFI/2018/4 Decisions and recommendations of the Sixteenth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Busan, the Republic of Korea, 4-8 September 2017
COFI/2018/5 Decisions and recommendations of the Ninth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Rome, 24-27 October 2017
COFI/2018/6 Combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
COFI/2018/7 Small-scale and artisanal fisheries governance
COFI/2018/8 Global and regional ocean processes
COFI/2018/9 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
COFI/2018/10 Climate change and other environment related matters
COFI/2018/11 FAO's Programme of Work in fisheries and aquaculture under the FAO Strategic Framework
COFI/2018/12 Multi-year Programme of Work (MYPOW) of the Committee on Fisheries: a progress report of MYPOW 2016-2019 and a draft MYPOW 2018-2021
Information Papers
COFI/2018/Inf.1 Provisional list of documents
COFI/2018/Inf.2 Provisional list of participants
COFI/2018/Inf.3 Statement by the Director-General
COFI/2018/Inf.4 Annotations/Guide Notes on Agenda Items
COFI/2018/Inf.5 Follow-up to the decisions and recommendations of the Thirty-second Session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 11-15 July 2016
COFI/2018/Inf.6 Report of the Thirty-second Session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 11-15 July 2016
COFI/2018/Inf.7 Progress in the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments
COFI/2018/Inf.8 Safety at sea in the fisheries sector
COFI/2018/Inf.9 Report of the Sixteenth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Busan, the Republic of Korea, 4-8 September 2017
COFI/2018/Inf.10 Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes
COFI/2018/Inf.11 Towards social sustainability in fishery value chains
COFI/2018/Inf.12 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
COFI/2018/Inf.13 Report of the Ninth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Rome, 24-27 October 2017
COFI/2018/Inf.14 Summary of the Report of the Second Session of the Committee on Fisheries Advisory Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources and Technologies
COFI/2018/Inf.15 Report of the Second Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
COFI/2018/Inf.16 Report on the first meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, Oslo, Norway, 29-31 May 2017
COFI/2018/Inf.17 Progress by FAO and partners concerning the implementation of the SSF Guidelines since the Thirty-second Session of COFI in 2016
COFI/2018/Inf.18 Progress in improving the information baseline and assessment of the contribution of small-scale fisheries in marine and inland waters
COFI/2018/Inf.19 Progress regarding the Global Work Programme to Advance Knowledge on Rights-based Approaches for Fisheries (GWP)
COFI/2018/Inf.20 Regional Fishery Bodies established within the FAO framework
COFI/2018/Inf.21 Scaling Up Agroecology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: Outcomes of the 2nd International Symposium and way forward
COFI/2018/Inf.22 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025: Opportunities for fisheries and aquaculture to contribute to healthy diets and improved nutrition
COFI/2018/Inf.23 Climate Change and its impact on the work and activities of FAO in fisheries and aquaculture (Biennial Theme)
COFI/2018/Inf.24 Addressing environmental issues during fishing operations: Progressing towards the 2025 reduction of ALDFG
COFI/2018/Inf.25 Report of the Technical Consultation on the Marking of Fishing Gear
COFI/2018/Inf.26 Bycatch and discards: Global and regional updates
COFI/2018/Inf.27 The use of best available science in developing and promoting best practices for trawl fishing operations in southeast Asia/Latin America/Africa
COFI/2018/Inf.28 Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture
COFI/2018/Inf.29 Development in fora of importance for the mandate of COFI
COFI/2018/Inf.30 Voluntary Guidelines for the Marking of Fishing Gear
COFI/2018/Inf.31 Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture: A summary of FAO's study
COFI/2018/Inf.32 Statement of Competence and Voting Rights submitted by the European Union and its Member States
Session Background Documents
COFI/2018/SBD.1 Regional statistical analysis of responses by FAO Members to the 2017 questionnaire on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
COFI/2018/SBD.2 Global Review of Safety at Sea in the Fisheries Sector (FIAO/C1153)
COFI/2018/SBD.3 Report of the Technical Consultation on Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes, Rome, Italy, 18−22 April 2016, 8 July 2016, 15 July 2016 and 4–5 April 2017
COFI/2018/SBD.4 Summary of the Report of the Expert Consultation on Trade in Fisheries Services
COFI/2018/SBD.5 Traceability requirements
COFI/2018/SBD.6 Report of the Second Session of the COFI Advisory Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources and Technologies
COFI/2018/SBD.7 Draft Report on the State of the World's Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
COFI/2018/SBD.8 First meeting of the ad hoc working group established by the parties to the PSMA to prevent, deter, and eliminate IUU fishing
COFI/2018/SBD.9 Report of the open-ended PSMA technical working group on information exchange
COFI/2018/SBD.10 Report of the Third Meeting of the Global Record Informal Open-Ended Technical and Advisory Working Group
COFI/2018/SBD.11 Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Global Record Informal Open-Ended Technical and Advisory Working Group
COFI/2018/SBD.12 Report of the 4th Session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (25-29 September 2017)
COFI/2018/SBD.13 Technical guidelines on methodologies and indicators for the estimation of the magnitude and impact of IUU fishing (Advanced copy)
COFI/2018/SBD.14 Report of the Expert Workshop on Transshipment and IUU fishing
COFI/2018/SBD.15 Global Study on Transshipment and IUU Fishing
COFI/2018/SBD.16 The UN Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
COFI/2018/SBD.17 Stakeholder views on methods to identify the ownership and track the position of drifting fish aggregating devices used by tuna purse seine fisheries with reference to the FAO's Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear
COFI/2018/SBD.18 Gear marking pilot study in Indonesian small-scale gillnet fisheries with reference to FAO's draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear
COFI/2018/SBD.19 Report of the Expert Workshop on Means and Methods for Reducing Marine Mammal Mortality in Fishing and Aquaculture Operations, Rome, Italy, 20-23 March 2018
COFI/2018/SBD.20 Biodiversity mainstreaming
COFI/2018/SBD.21 Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture: status of knowledge on their occurrence and implications for aquatic organisms and food safety. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 615. Rome, Italy
COFI/2018/SBD.22 Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options
COFI/2018/SBD.23 Update on progress to develop the Global Strategic Framework in Support of the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF-GSF)