Regional fishery body A regional fishery body refers to a mechanism through which three or more States or international organizations that are parties to an international fishery agreement or arrangement collaboratively engage each other in multilateral management of fishery affairs related to transboundary, straddling, highly or high seas migratory stocks, through the collection and provision of scientific information and data, serving as technical and policy forum, or taking decisions pertaining to the development and conservation, management and responsible utilization of the resources. | Collection Coverage |  | |
For all RFBs, summary description information includes: - Map of the area and membership
- Objectives and management structures
- Basic documents - texts of conventions and agreements
- Contacts and addresses
- Link (through the RFB icon on the right) to the existing RFB website
For each FAO RFB, information also includes - Meetings schedule, including access to/downloads of available meeting documents
- Publications, including access to/downloads of available electronic documents
- Recommendations and decisions (in preparation)
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