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		<fi:Editor>Aureliano Gentile</fi:Editor>
		<dcterms:Created>2008-10-20</dcterms:Created>
		<dcterms:Modified>2011-01-13</dcterms:Modified>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">RFB - Web site</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">RFB site web</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">RFB - sitio web</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ar">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="zh">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="ru">Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)</dc:Title>
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<dc:Title xml:lang="en">Regional Fishery Bodies (RFB) - Web Site</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="fr">Organismes régionaux des pêches (ORP) - Site Web</dc:Title>
<dc:Title xml:lang="es">Órgano Pesquero Regional (OPR) - Sitio Web</dc:Title>
<ags:CreatorCorporate xml:lang="en">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN)</ags:CreatorCorporate>
<ags:CreatorCorporate xml:lang="fr">Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture</ags:CreatorCorporate>
<ags:CreatorCorporate xml:lang="es">Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación</ags:CreatorCorporate>
<fi:Series xml:lang="en">FI Institutional Websites</fi:Series>
<dc:Publisher>FAO</dc:Publisher>
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			<fi:FigisID>2940</fi:FigisID>
			<dc:Title>Regional Fishery Bodies (RFB)</dc:Title>
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		<fi:Overview>
			<fi:Text><![CDATA[<p>Regional Fishery Bodies (RFB) -- a group of States or organizations that are parties to an international fishery arrangement -- work together towards the conservation and management of fish stocks.</p>
<p>RFB can play a critical role in promoting longterm sustainable fisheries where international cooperation is required in conservation and management.</p>
<p>FAO, in recognizing that such collaboration is crucial in order to accomplish the goal of responsible and sustainable fisheries, fosters and promotes the work of RFB.</p>
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			<fi:Text><![CDATA[<div align="right"><b><a href="http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/mapviewer" target="_blank">Explore RFBs area of competence through the RFB map viewer</a></b></div>]]></fi:Text>
			<fi:Text><![CDATA[<p><a name="rfb_map"></a><img class="imageBorder" usemap="#rfb_world_map_Map" src="/figis/shared/assets/images/maps/rfb_world_map.gif" border="0" alt="Regional Fishery Bodies - World Ocean coverage" width="580" height="300" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">All maps and approximate boundaries on this website are indicative only.</span><br /><br />
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<area title="International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas" shape="poly" coords="221,101, 241,85, 245,92, 229,109" href="http://www.iccat.es/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation" shape="rect" coords="519,231,560,236" href="http://www.southpacificrfmo.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation" shape="rect" coords="42,227,88,236" href="http://www.southpacificrfmo.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea" shape="rect" coords="23,54,49,61" href="http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/cbs/default.htm" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea" shape="rect" coords="529,52,561,59" href="http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/cbs/default.htm" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission" shape="rect" coords="532,92,560,97" href="http://www.npafc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission" shape="rect" coords="75,93,102,99" href="http://www.npafc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North Pacific Marine Science Organization" shape="rect" coords="510,104,536,108" href="http://www.pices.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North Pacific Marine Science Organization" shape="rect" coords="25,97,51,102" href="http://www.pices.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="37,184,65,188" href="http://www.wcpfc.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="22,109,51,118" href="http://www.wcpfc.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="527,112,558,118" href="http://www.wcpfc.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Secretariat of the Pacific Community" shape="rect" coords="541,162,558,169" href="http://www.spc.int/corp/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Secretariat of the Pacific Community" shape="rect" coords="539,162,559,167" href="http://www.spc.int/corp/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefing Tuna" shape="rect" coords="26,196,39,224" href="http://www.ccsbt.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefing Tuna" shape="rect" coords="220,202,247,208" href="http://www.ccsbt.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefing Tuna" shape="rect" coords="369,219,399,226" href="http://www.ccsbt.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna" shape="rect" coords="532,193,559,203" href="http://www.ccsbt.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources" shape="rect" coords="23,241,559,258" href="http://www.ccamlr.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission" shape="poly" coords="451,133, 467,119, 455,139, 472,123" href="http://www.apfic.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Forum Fisheries Agency" shape="rect" coords="488,129,505,135" href="http://www.ffa.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Forum Fisheries Agency" shape="rect" coords="23,139,39,145" href="http://www.ffa.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center" shape="rect" coords="440,147,476,151" href="http://www.seafdec.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Mekong River Commission" shape="rect" coords="437,124,455,130" href="http://www.mrcmekong.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Bay of Bengal Programme - Inter-Governmental Organisation" shape="rect" coords="395,114,436,119" href="http://www.bobpigo.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="350,159,384,164" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=swiofc_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="Indian Ocean Tuna Commission" shape="rect" coords="400,170,421,175" href="http://www.iotc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement" shape="rect" coords="433,222,463,228" href="http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000360/index.html" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Atlantic Africa Fisheries Conference (COMHAFAT)" shape="poly" coords="299,128, 291,135, 331,160, 324,165" href="http://www.comhafat.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization" shape="rect" coords="330,149,354,156" href="http://www.inweh.unu.edu/lvfo/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa" shape="rect" coords="312,129,341,138" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=cifa_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="Regional Commission for Fisheries" shape="rect" coords="350,108,382,113" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=recofi_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission" shape="rect" coords="324,19,365,25" href="http://www.nammco.no/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean" shape="rect" coords="308,92,332,99" href="http://www.gfcm.org" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission" shape="rect" coords="295,71,320,78" href="/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=eifac_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="International Council for the Exploration of the Sea" shape="rect" coords="283,45,304,51" href="http://www.ices.dk/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="272,31,301,37" href="http://www.neafc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Southeast Atlantic Fisheries Organization" shape="rect" coords="280,184,304,189" href="http://www.seafo.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Joint Technical Commission for the Argentina/Uruguay Maritime Front" shape="rect" coords="193,189,239,197" href="/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=ctmfm_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="Regional Fisheries Committee for the Gulf of Guinea" shape="rect" coords="282,148,307,154" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=corep_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission" shape="rect" coords="245,135,267,141" href="http://www.csrpsp.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas" shape="poly" coords="257,172,250,177,275,190, 268,195" href="http://www.iccat.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic " shape="rect" coords="234,127,261,137" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=cecaf_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization" shape="rect" coords="237,64,265,70" href="http://www.nasco.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization" shape="rect" coords="200,61,225,64" href="http://www.nafo.int/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Latin American Organization for Fisheries Developmetn (OLDEPESCA)" shape="poly" coords="146,111,138,111,181,143,175,149" href="http://www.oldepesca.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission" shape="rect" coords="181,109,218,117" href="http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=org&amp;xml=wecafc_inst.xml"></area>
<area title="Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America" shape="rect" coords="180,157,230,171" href="http://www.fao.org/regional/lamerica/organos/copescal/default.htm" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Permanent Commission for the South Pacific" shape="rect" coords="167,197,187,203" href="http://www.cpps-int.org/init.htm" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission" shape="rect" coords="86,130,111,136" href="http://www.iattc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission" shape="rect" coords="71,100,101,107" href="http://www.npafc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Pacific Salmon Commission " shape="poly" coords="80,67,95,75,79,72,91,81" href="http://www.psc.org/" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="International Pacific Halibut Commission" shape="rect" coords="52,66,71,71" href="http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm" target="_blank"></area>
<area title="Convention for the Establishment of the Fishery Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea" shape="rect" coords="274,139,300,146" href="http://www.fcwc-fish.org/" target="_blank"></area>
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