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Committee on Fisheries -- Rome, 7-11 March, 2005
Rome, 7 March 2005: Representatives of nearly 50 countries are gathering at FAO's Rome headquarters for the 26th meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI). On the agenda:
- Réhabilitation efforts in Tsunami-affected countries
- Implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries as 2005 marks its ten-year Anniversary.
A minute of silence in memory of the Tsunami victims
Opening statement by Mr. David Harcharik, FAO Deputy Director-General:
Focus on Fisheries and Aquaculture issues : a global concern
Governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs, fishworkers and international community attended the last twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries-COFI, the only global inter-governmental forum where major international fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are examined. COFI was also an opportunity for member countries to review the programmes of work of FAO in the field of fisheries and aquaculture and their implementation, and to assess progress of the Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries with all stakeholders.
1. Mr. Gellwynn Jusuf, Secretary General Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
"We are also educating people on how to head away from it when tsunami hits."
2. Dr.Yugraj Yadava is the Director Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization (BOBP), based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India. His concern is that, ten years after, the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries has not been translated in local languages and therefore cannot be understood by the communities. (Photo:BOBP)
