The FAO Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research held its fifth session in Rome from 12 to 15 October 2004. The Committee appreciated the extensive range of research activities undertaken by the FAO Fisheries Department and its partners and provided guidance to foster this work, particularly in aquaculture and inland fisheries as well as in fish utilization and trade. The Committee commended the work of its Working Parties on Small-scale Fisheries and Human Capacity Development and recommended that the Strategic Framework on Human Capacity Development be presented to the twenty-sixth session of the Committee on Fisheries in March 2005 in order to create greater awareness of the subject and encourage the use of the Strategic Framework. The Committee agreed on a work programme for 2005/2006.
